The Reaching Soul
This holy day is a closure and a beginning. Today, we conclude the Octave of Pascha, known as Bright Week, and we enter into a new phase of this Feast of Feast, the forty days of Paschaltide. An ancient phrase declared, “Annus est Christus” (‘The Year is Christ’). The liturgical calendar walks us through every step needed for our sanctification. It is God-breathing in our human time, and Pascha, of all times, is the highest point along this journey. With this understanding, w