The Sacred Liturgy And Time
By JAMES MONTI Throughout the Sacred Scriptures, from the first page of the Book of Genesis to the concluding words of the Book of Revelation, we find God prefacing the great events of salvation history with times of preparation. The creation of man comes at the conclusion of the six days of creation. When God punishes the world with a flood, the rain lasts forty days and forty nights, at the end of which Noah, his family, and the animals he has taken emerge from the ark to “restart” life on Earth. The odyssey of the people of Israel from bondage in Egypt to the Promised Land proves to be a journey of forty years. And it is after three…Continue Reading