Season of Creation/Feast of Creation in Christ
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Today is the First Day of the Season of Creation.
What are the pros and cons of incorporating a new liturgical season in the church year? The major con I see is that if a church is using the RCL, that the readings do not match the themes of the season, unless special propers are created for Creationtide.
What are the pros and cons of incorporating a new liturgical season in the church year? The major con I see is that if a church is using the RCL, that the readings do not match the themes of the season, unless special propers are created for Creationtide.
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That's not to say that Creation Season is wrong - we (generic we) need to be far more aware of the risks to creation and the environment.
There does appear to be a set of non-RCL readings for next Sunday but the following weeks seem to squeeze the theme into the usual reading, eg https://www.churchofscotland.org.uk/worship/weekly-worship/weekly-worship-2026-september. I'm not too happy with this, I think it would have been better to ditch the RCL if one was going to include this new "Season".
It also "fills in" that long post-Trinity pre-Advent season of Ordinary Time.
But I'm not entirely convinced.
And BTW I'm going to find Harvest really hard this year, in view of the poor yields and farmers' difficulties. It has palpably not been bounteous nor safely gathered in.
There are Liturgical resources too
https://worlddaycreation.com/en/mass-texts/
Agreed. No doubt Our Place will be singing about ploughing the fields, scattering the good seed on the land, breezes, sunshine, and soft refreshing rain...
Give the impact that climate change is having on our farmers it would seem insulting and crass to mark the harvest in those terms.
Have a happy one, then, to all who celebrate!
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Feast_of_Creation
Why do you think those mysteries are not luminous?
Iirc, those mysteries were brought in to tie the Rosary as a devotional more closely to Scripture and the life of Christ.
Agreed. The way the world is going, what with climate crisis and all, this is a good idea. Anecdotal evidence suggests that at least some Places do so as a matter of course.
In many parishes, the traditional and somewhat bucolic Harvest Festival has no real place, but this probably doesn't apply to those in rural and agricultural areas.
Another case if over-egging the pudding,that’swhy.
I've suggested a few times that we should keep a Thanksgiving for Lambing around the end of April. Harvest here is largely grass cut for silage. Important, but not as significant as lambing or the big sale days.
I think churches in agricultural areas might well be aware of the climate crisis.
Of course, but they may still be able to keep the traditional Harvest-Home, or whatever, bearing that in mind.
It's not either/or. That's like saying that, as the Resurrection is at the heart of the Church's life, we don't need to observe Easter.
I'm not sure if special propers are to be used, or if FatherInCharge is sticking with those for Trinity 14.
Our Harvest Festival is in October, but FinC has duly noted that, locally at least, harvest-time was in late July!
On the subject of the environment in general, the C of E is encouraging parishes to aim for net zero, and to become as eco-friendly as possible. Our Place has done a considerable amount of work on the Hall - used by a Nursery School during the week, but by the congregation for weekend events - and it now has a fine false ceiling and new double-glazed windows. Both the Hall and the Church have large expanses of south-facing roof, so solar panels may be the next project...