Plowing Through Sunday

The forty days associated with Christmas and Epiphany continue. The coming of the Savior in the course of the liturgical year is further made manifest. So too is the relationship between the sacred and the secular.

The Sunday after Epiphany, that which falls between the 7th and the 13th of January, is commemorated in England as Plough Sunday, when the beginning of the agricultural year is celebrated. Farmers will arrive at the parish church in their tractors, which are blessed along with the seeds for planting, as found in the official worship book of the Church of England. The day is also remembered by Morris dancing after church services, where a homily for the occasion is often proclaimed.

As if that were not enough, we found this little gem by one Matthew "Rev" Simpkins, accompanied by his fretless banjo.

We went out weeping and sowed
But when we’re going home is not ours to know
It’s not ours to know when we’ll break bread together again

And so, our response to the "Christmas-Season-Lasts-Forty-Days" tirade continues.