The Fourth Trinity Interval in The Christian Community, November

Cynthia Hindes

In The Christian Community there are nine festival seasons. Just as the earth dresses herself differently in the natural cycle of the year, so does the soul clothe herself differently in the moods of the cycle of the festivals of the year. In each festival season, there are different prayers, readings and colors. The prayers and the colors help tune our souls to harmonize with the time of the year and with God and his angels.

Four times a year, there is a Trinity interval. This fourth Trinity interval comes between Michaelmas and Advent. This interval lets our soul catch its breath in a deeply filled pause between the tone colors of these two festival seasons, and prepares us to begin the cycle of the Christian year again. The violet and orange at the altar incline us toward inner harmony and devotion of soul. The prayers speak of the interrelationship between the divine Trinity, Father, Son and Spirit, and the elements of the human soul: our thinking, our feeling and our will. The gospel readings from the Revelation to John direct our gaze toward the future.