Eastertide is the 50 days between Easter Sunday morning and Pentecost. We are used to the journey of Lent into Easter but not so familiar with the time of waiting for Pentecost.
Jesus’ followers entered a time of shock and grief and fear for their own lives in this time of loss and the suddenness of the turnaround of events.
This year, let us slow down and try to be with them in their grief.
We move away for the next few weeks from the Gospel of Luke and focus instead on John.
Resources on the Scriptures for the Weekends
Click on the image for the specific weekend to access the resources for that weekend.
Feast of the Holy Trinity – 12th June 2022
Announcing Tarsus Summer School 2022
Summer School 2022
15 Online presentations (to be enjoyed in your own time from 7th June)
Webinar 1 – Tuesday 7 June @ 7.30 pm
Webinar 2 – Tuesday 28 June @ 7.30 pm
Cost: €40 per household
Going live 7 June 2022
Speakers:
Jessie Rogers
Following the Spirit in Luke-Acts
Sean Goan
The Synodal Path in the Gospel of John: Communion, Participation and Mission
Kieran O’ Mahony
“You are a chosen race, a royal priesthood” (1 Peter)
Feast of Pentecost – 5th June 2022
Feast of the Ascension – 29th May 2022
6th Sunday of Easter – 22nd May 2022
5th Sunday of Easter – 15th May 2022
4th Sunday of Easter – 8th May 2022
3rd Sunday of Easter – 1st May 2022
2nd Sunday of Easter – 24th April 2022
Tarsus Scripture School
Lenten Programme
Jesse Rogers, Seán Goan and Kieran O’Mahony are presenting a programme for Lent and Easter 2022.
The focus is on the portrait of Jesus as prophet and the story of salvation in Luke-Acts. This is a self paced programme and is currently available.
See here for more detail and registration.
Easter Sunday – 17th April
Palm Sunday – 10th April
Fifth Sunday of Lent – 3rd April
Fourth Sunday of Lent – 27th March
Third Sunday of Lent – 20th March
Second Sunday of Lent – 13th March
First Sunday of Lent – 6th March
8th Sunday in Ordinary Time – 27th February
7th Sunday in Ordinary Time – 20th February
6th Sunday in Ordinary Time – 13th February
5th Sunday in Ordinary Time – 6th February
4th Sunday in Ordinary Time
3rd Sunday in Ordinary Time
…today this scripture has been fulfilled in your hearing Luke 4:21
2nd Sunday in Ordinary Time
…you have kept the good wine until now.
John 2:10
Styles of Meditation and Contemplation
There are numerous ways of engaging with experiences of God in our daily lives. The following are three that I find helpful at different times.
Meeting the Lord
in Imaginative Prayer
Richard Rohr of the Centre for Action and Contemplation (www.cac.org) explains this method.
We at the Center often teach the transforming effects of silence and unknowing. It has been my personal practice for years.
At the same time, one of the great gifts of Jesuit spirituality is to teach us how to draw closer to God through images, words, verbal prayer, our imaginations, and the Bible itself.
Click on the button below to read how writer and retreat leader Margaret Silf invites people into the riches of Ignatian contemplation
Lectio
Divina
Lectio Divina is a method of prayer that uses Scripture to facilitate one’s relationship with God.
This form of spirituality is distinctly Catholic, but similar methods are found in other religions. Traditionally, there are four steps in the process – lectio, meditatio, oratio, and contemplatio. Each step is often thought of as “rungs on a ladder” leading up to the pure “experience of God” in contemplatio. The process is also sometimes seen as circular, with each step enhancing the experience of the others.
Present,
Open,
Awake
Richard Rohr of the Centre for Action and Contemplation (www.cac.org) explains this method.
My friend and CAC teacher James Finley is a true contemplative!
I watch the crowds—from conferences to Living School students—settle in his presence almost immediately.
He is so centered in himself and in God that he is at peace and “transmits” the message with peace everywhere he goes.
Click on the button below for Jim’s gentle, loving instructions for what many consider traditional meditation:
Breaking Open the Word in Prayer 