Friday

Saturday

Sunday

40 Days After

50 Days After

Event

Death

Time in tomb

Resurrection

Ascension

Pentecost

Theme

Death

Waiting

Hope

Letting go

Newness of life

Task

Engage:

Name what is lost

Sit:

Sit with the loss – accept the situation and circumstances

Entertain:

Catch glimpses of possibility within the loss

Let go:

Let go of what has passed away

Receive:

Receive the new Spirit offered by grace

Reflections

List relevant losses, failures, hurts, pain, sin, and shortcomings.

Embrace, accept, and befriend the situation and circumstances.

Recognize God’s presence and forgiveness through it all, as well as be accepting of oneself.

Accept and embrace God’s forgiveness – and go on to forgive all others.

Move into newness of living through life in the Spirit; forget the past – all things are now new.

Metaphor

(Butterfly)

Caterpillar “dies”

Pupa stage – caterpillar is in a cocoon

Butterfly begins to break out from the pupa

Butterfly sits and stretches its wings

Butterfly flies off into the sky.