Easter Triduum: Telling an alternative story

A story is re-membered starting today all around the globe.  The Easter Triduum or Paschal Triduum is a term used by some Christian churches, particularly the Roman Catholic Church, the Lutheran Church, and many Anglicans, to denote, collectively, the three days from the evening of Holy Thursday (or Maundy Thursday) to the evening of Easter Saturday.

image from Brent Nelson

“Neither revolution nor reformation can ultimately change a society, rather you must tell a new powerful tale, one so persuasive that it sweeps away the old myths and becomes the preferred story, one so inclusive that it gathers all the bits of our past and our present into a coherent whole, one that even shines some light into our future so that we can take the next step…If you want to change a society, then you have to tell an alternative story.”

    -Ivan Illich

Comments

[Tim Van Meter]

love the illich quote, captured the meaning of this day and renewed it