We discuss the Easter readings.

Laura imagines the scene and wonders- would you go into the tomb or wait outside?

Marci reads her poem, "Sneaky Jesus" and she recalls Mary Oliver's poem, "The Summer Day."

Link for the Sunday Readings

"The imitation of Christ, then, is participating in the suffering and joys of the world, all the while seeing through them the radiance of the divine presence."

--Joseph Campbell

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Marci shares her excitement and knowledge of the 3 holy days of the Triduum. Our original discussion was 1 hour and 20 minutes, now down to 46 minutes. Laura runs out of steam at the end. Please forgive the shortened Easter vigil description.

Holy Thursday Readings: https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/041725-Supper.cfm

Good Friday Readings: https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/041825.cfm

Easter Vigil Readings : https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/041925.cfm

We spent much of our history arguing about the “how” and the “if” and who could do what Catholics called the “transubstantiation” of the bread and wine instead of simply learning how to be present. We made the Eucharist into a magic act to be believed instead of a personal transformation to be experienced. We changed bread more than people, it seems to me. We emphasized the priest as the “transformer” instead of the people as the transformed. We made “Real Presence” into a doctrine (which has its very good meaning!), but we seldom taught people how to be really present (which is contemplation). When you are really present, you will experience the Real Presence for yourself.

--Fr. Richard Rohr

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We continue on the journey of the Passion. Reflecting on how the media portrays it and our own ability to witness suffering.

"Another aspect of the Gethsemane image that it emphasizes the fact that suffering is a crucial part of the process. The important part is to accept the suffering one encounters. You know we all have the deeply ingrained infantile notion that we’re supposed to be happy. That’s not true. We are supposed to suffer. If you attach any psychological credence to what I’m describing as a Christian archetype, if it has any general validity, can you escape the conclusion that is implied that we’re supposed to suffer?"

--Edward Edinger, The Christian archetype : a Jungian commentary on the life of Christ

"For many centuries the west, under Byzantine influence, represented Christ himself alive and open-eyed, a triumphant Savior wearing a royal crown. In the 11th Century there appeared a new type, the emaciated figure with its head fallen on one shoulder and, later, wearing the crown of thorns. This version prevailed in western art thereafter."

Edinger

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We continue our Passion journey.

Reading - Mk 14:1—15:47

Scroll down to last reading. https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/032424.cfm

Edward Edinger in "Ego and Archetype" re: the crucifixion: "This state is a transition period. It is the limbo of despair following the death of an old life orientation and preceding the birth of a new one. Jesus’ resurrection symbolizes the birth of a more comprehensive personality which can result from the conscious acceptance of the crucifixion ordeal.”

This was a tough episode for many reasons. Moving into the Passion is hard and Laura struggles to have the courage to share her perspectives on it. Palm Sunday has 4 readings. Here we cover the first three. The next episode is our reading of the Passion and the third episode is our discussion of it. Thank you for sharing this journey with us!

Readings:

Procession with Palms – Gospel Mk 11:1-10, Is 50:4-7, Phil 2:6-11

https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/032424.cfm

“All the gods, all the heavens, all the hells, are within you.”

- Joseph Campbell

The Jesus Myth by Father Andrew Greeley

Edward Edinger – The Christian archetype : a Jungian commentary on the life of Christ

A. K. Coomaraswamy observes, “Myth embodies the nearest approach to absolute truth that can be stated in words.”

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Thank you to listener Sue P. for sending over this article about the political context of the original Palm Sunday procession.

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We continue to follow cycle C readings.

We discuss our inner wasteland and our wildness, the daily process of resurrection, and finding a third way to deal with political traps.

Edward Edinger "The Christian Archetype: a Jungian commentary on the life of Christ.

“The divine process of change manifests itself to our human understanding . . . as punishment, torment, death, and transfiguration.” -Carl Jung; Alchemical Studies

Readings: Isaiah 43:16-21, Philippians 3:8-14, John 8:1-11

https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/040625.cfm

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Marci shares a wonderful poem by Mechthild of Magdeburg.

https://www.poetry-chaikhana.com/Poets/M/MechthildofM/Effortlessly/index.html

We explore the powerful story of the Prodigal Son.

Today's readings -Joshua 5:9a, 10-12, 2 Corinthians 5:17-21, Luke 15:1-3, 11-32

https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/033025-YearC.cfm

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In this episode:

Marci explains the Beguine movement and offers a wonderful poem by Haedwig – a 13th-century poet and mystic.

https://www.greynun.org/2020/02/the-beguines-of-medieval-europe-mystics-and-visionaries/

We talk about “callings” and God’s need of a human partner for Divine work in the world.

Laura mentions Jung’s exploration of God’s evolution in his book, Answer to Job.

https://a.co/d/9V2k6yq

https://footnotes2plato.com/2024/05/11/reading-jungs-answer-to-job/

Teilhard De Chardin also talked about “God in evolution” but we’re not sure if he meant that God was also evolving with us? Maybe someone else can tell us?

https://christogenesis.org/teilhard-de-chardin-and-the-future-of-god/

We discuss Paul’s zeal and “shadow.”

Laura mentions the importance of Edward Edinger and his book Ego and Archetype: Individuation and the Religious Function of the Psyche

https://a.co/d/dAiQ9UC

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We talk about the power of imagination, we wonder about the history of Gnosticism.

https://earlychristianhistory.net/gnostic.html

Laura mentions the book- The Gift: How the Creative Spirit Transforms the World 

https://tinyurl.com/y3yex6m4

and we talk about "The Transfiguration" a Song by Sufjan Stevens

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UDnmO4cTUGc 

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Still recording in stereo. That will soon change!

Laura revisits the idea of "left and right hands" from last week's gospel. Letting her artistic gifts be given from the left hand means that she may not know what happens to them next.

Marci offers many mystical moments.

Readings: Deuteronomy 26:4-10,  Romans 10:8-13, ⁠⁠ Luke 4:1-13

https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/030925.cfm

Soul, if you want to learn secrets, your heart must forget about shame and dignity. You are God's lover, yet you worry what people are saying.

--Rumi

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