Posted by
Zentrist on Sunday, May 17, 2009 9:43:29 AM
The tradition I'm partial to touts Sunday as The Day of The Lord. President Obama alluded to Sundays, recently, with his very funny, self-deprecating humor: "And on the seventy-third day, I will rest."
In his masterpiece, Joseph Ratzinger talks about the traditional significance, for Biblical believers, of Sunday. The book is entitled, "The Spirit of Liturgy." Or something close to that.
Anyway, what I took from this awesome text is that there is, traditionally, a profound connection between the sun coming up on THAT SUNDAY and what happened on Easter Sunday--the "Resurrection." I've used quotes here because I want to downplay the physical imagery, as important as it is, and emphasize the spiritual importance. Also, I have to punch a time clock in twenty-three minutes.
Since that Day, reality as we know it has been changed for the better. For starters, see Shakespeare. Then, see last night's Larry King Live, which was all about the critical importance of underlining, so to speak, the value or principle of LOVE.