Gathering Your People: A Maundy Thursday-Pandemiversary Reflection

It's Thursday, April 14, 2022. In the Christian tradition, today is Maundy Thursday, the first day of the Holy Triduum, a three day acknowledgement of the events leading up and including Easter Sunday. Many other faith traditions are celebrating spring rituals and practices. Even in the secular world, spring comes with many celebrations. We also find ourselves at the 2nd anniversary of the Covid 19 global pandemic. For many of us, the rituals of this season bring back memories of the initial stages of fear and uncertainty that all of us experienced. Fear and uncertainty that hasn't really let up.

​All of this has me thinking about the value we place on  rituals and gathering. 

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