How lonely sits the city that once was full of people! – Lamentations 1:1-2
We have entered the most solemn week of the liturgical year. This is a week when many Christians feel it’s okay to feel at least a bit sad. If fact, it might be inappropriate to enjoy life too much for at least a few days. Still, many of us must alternate attempts to intensify our Lenten practices and prayers with necessary preparations for the observances and festivities of next weekend. It is simultaneously a somber and an unsettled time. This verse, which references the fall of Jerusalem to the Babylonians, can evoke unsettling images in our imaginations. It also seems to capture the mood of desolation and confusion that many of us experience as we enter Holy Week. It’s kind of hard to stay here.
I urge myself into the darkness, trying not to anticipate the promise of the end of the week.
(c) 2018 Nancy Jagmin
SMI Board
HeartPaths DFW Faculty
