Sometimes I wonder who determined green for the seasons between The Big Ones (Christmas and Easter). We get lulled into complacency by green. Nothing big happening here. Business as usual... at home, in the church, in our lives. Of course this begs the question of what usual is. The stars are still shining. We still need to pay attention. Surely regular life continues. In this meantime, Life Continues.
The church sees fit
To mark these days in green:
Epiphanytide
Part of the long green season
Of summer and fall
As if this is part
Of business as usual.
The holidays are fully over.
School has started up again.
Ordinary time
Has begun
Or simply continued
From before,
No beginning,
No ending,
Just more of the same,
Business as usual.
Yet even now
Smaller stars shine.
The Child will grow up fast.
Soon enough he will astound
Those who listen in the temple,
Vex his parents,
Climb the mountain with friends.
Soon enough
He will be sent back down the mountain
To the valley below.
Smaller stars shine now
Even though it looks
Like business as usual.
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