Monday, May 16, 2005

Ascentecost

I understand that in much of the United States, Ascension Thursday is now on Sunday, forty-three days after Easter. Perhaps this explains the origin of the Sestina, the six days of prayer that the Apostles conducted until the Holy Spirit descended.

After Mass today I was thinking about moving these feasts. Since the moving of Ascension to Sunday was ostensibly to make it easier for people to celebrate it, wouldn't it make sense to combine even more feasts? Thus, I propose Ascentecost: where Jesus ascends to Heaven while the Holy Spirit, in the form of tongues of flame, descends at the same time. They meet in the middle and voilĂ - Our Saviour on fire with the Spirit.

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