I recall my many instances in our National cemeteries with this post. Thank you for sharing. <3 I hope the kids get to help with the flags on Memorial Day too, that's where it all began and is extra special.
Agreed! While I was writing it, I thought “hmmm...maybe this should be more of a Memorial Day post...” but I didn’t want to wait that long and lose the reflection. Thanks for reading!
"A proper remembering involves the imagination and its transportive power."
As someone who goes to historic reenactments and interpretations and reads documents that accompany headstones (there's a genealogy website for that!) I appreciated how Daniel articulated connecting the mass to the cemetery and imagining these real people because I do that ALL the time, and especially in church during the readings I can *see* what's being read and sometimes the feeling of that overwhelms me and it comes out of my eyes.
"not merely to recall that Jesus did something. It’s more akin to the Jewish remembrance of Passover. It is a re-living, not a repeating"-- well said
I liked the differentiation between remembering and recalling. I haven't thought about that distinction prior.
Thank you for reading and your kind comments! The idea of reliving something through the imagination has made other holidays more meaningful, and my prayer life for that matter. In fact, it’s safe to say that the whole way of approaching the Mass has filled in cracks of my Christian life in virtually every area.
I recall my many instances in our National cemeteries with this post. Thank you for sharing. <3 I hope the kids get to help with the flags on Memorial Day too, that's where it all began and is extra special.
Agreed! While I was writing it, I thought “hmmm...maybe this should be more of a Memorial Day post...” but I didn’t want to wait that long and lose the reflection. Thanks for reading!
"A proper remembering involves the imagination and its transportive power."
As someone who goes to historic reenactments and interpretations and reads documents that accompany headstones (there's a genealogy website for that!) I appreciated how Daniel articulated connecting the mass to the cemetery and imagining these real people because I do that ALL the time, and especially in church during the readings I can *see* what's being read and sometimes the feeling of that overwhelms me and it comes out of my eyes.
"not merely to recall that Jesus did something. It’s more akin to the Jewish remembrance of Passover. It is a re-living, not a repeating"-- well said
I liked the differentiation between remembering and recalling. I haven't thought about that distinction prior.
Thank you for reading and your kind comments! The idea of reliving something through the imagination has made other holidays more meaningful, and my prayer life for that matter. In fact, it’s safe to say that the whole way of approaching the Mass has filled in cracks of my Christian life in virtually every area.
God bless y’a!