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"Green," John O'Donohue writes, "is the colour of growth, the colour of hope. It is also the colour of youthfulness; it is full of energy. It is the colour of the earth aflourish. Green is not static but full of the energy and direction of growth, urgent on its journey to the light."
In "Beauty ~The Invisible Embrace," John O'Donohue adds, "Gravity cannot keep it down; the call of light is always stronger. Green is the colour of relentless desire. Even from
under earth smothered over with concrete or tarmaccccadam, the green blade will rise."
One of my vivid memories as a young boy growing up in Ballymena, Northern Ireland was to play in the meadows "up around the Moat". The Moat was really the River Braid that cut its zig-zag way through the green meadows where cows would often graze, and every once in a while we'd be "chased" by them. Being townies we didn't realize that they were only being nosey and coming to check us out. The grass there grew quickly and sometimes there would be sheep brought in to help the cows with the job of keeping things trim. The sheep needed no persuasion as the grass was always thick and so green it seemed almost blue green. The sheep and the cows were instant addicts, they couldn't help themselves. You could almost see the grass grow under your feet. Well ... almost, if you were patient.
In the church calendar the church years begins with Advent, then Christmas, Epiphany, Lent and Easter. We are just beginning the Season of Trinity. In the Church, colours express emotions and ideas that are associated with the seasons of the liturgical year. Red evokes the color of blood, and therefore is the colour of martyrs and of Christ's death on the Cross. Red also symbolizes fire, and therefore is the colour of the Holy Spirit, (Pentecost).
Green is the colour of growth. In the Christian context the colour green represents bountifulness, hope, and victory of life over death. Green is associated with the long
season of Trinity ( a season of personal growth) and also Christmas (offering new hope).
In "Beauty ~The Invisible Embrace," John O'Donohue adds, "Gravity cannot keep it down; the call of light is always stronger. Green is the colour of relentless desire. Even from
under earth smothered over with concrete or tarmaccccadam, the green blade will rise."
One of my vivid memories as a young boy growing up in Ballymena, Northern Ireland was to play in the meadows "up around the Moat". The Moat was really the River Braid that cut its zig-zag way through the green meadows where cows would often graze, and every once in a while we'd be "chased" by them. Being townies we didn't realize that they were only being nosey and coming to check us out. The grass there grew quickly and sometimes there would be sheep brought in to help the cows with the job of keeping things trim. The sheep needed no persuasion as the grass was always thick and so green it seemed almost blue green. The sheep and the cows were instant addicts, they couldn't help themselves. You could almost see the grass grow under your feet. Well ... almost, if you were patient.
In the church calendar the church years begins with Advent, then Christmas, Epiphany, Lent and Easter. We are just beginning the Season of Trinity. In the Church, colours express emotions and ideas that are associated with the seasons of the liturgical year. Red evokes the color of blood, and therefore is the colour of martyrs and of Christ's death on the Cross. Red also symbolizes fire, and therefore is the colour of the Holy Spirit, (Pentecost).
Green is the colour of growth. In the Christian context the colour green represents bountifulness, hope, and victory of life over death. Green is associated with the long
season of Trinity ( a season of personal growth) and also Christmas (offering new hope).
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