For me the equivalent part of the church calendar is the "autumnal triduum" of All Hallows Eve, All Saints, and All Souls—this is what tells me that fall is fully upon us and Advent is looming. As the darkness draws in (in the northern hemisphere) the apocalyptic and eschatological sense of these days and the readings in the lectionary for these last Sundays of ordinary time feel powerfully appropriate. It is perhaps the one redeeming thing about the month of November which I would otherwise be happy to strike from the calendar.
Yes, I feel much the same way about All Saints and All Souls, including the strange way they relate to Harvest Festivals and Remembrance Day, so powerful here in the UK. I hadn't really thought about it before. but there's a sort of mysterious kinship between Rogation/Ascensiontide and the 'autumnal triduum', each crystallising in its own way the feel of the season (at least, on this side of the equator).
For me the equivalent part of the church calendar is the "autumnal triduum" of All Hallows Eve, All Saints, and All Souls—this is what tells me that fall is fully upon us and Advent is looming. As the darkness draws in (in the northern hemisphere) the apocalyptic and eschatological sense of these days and the readings in the lectionary for these last Sundays of ordinary time feel powerfully appropriate. It is perhaps the one redeeming thing about the month of November which I would otherwise be happy to strike from the calendar.
Yes, I feel much the same way about All Saints and All Souls, including the strange way they relate to Harvest Festivals and Remembrance Day, so powerful here in the UK. I hadn't really thought about it before. but there's a sort of mysterious kinship between Rogation/Ascensiontide and the 'autumnal triduum', each crystallising in its own way the feel of the season (at least, on this side of the equator).