Easter Tuesday Year B
Taken from Lent for Everyone Mark Year B
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Lent for Everyone
Mark Year B
EASTER TUESDAY...
...I have often used, as an illustration, the way in which signposts work. A signpost tells you not where you are at the moment, but where you are going to. You don’t put a sign (I have often said) saying ‘This Way to London’ in Piccadilly Circus, or ‘This Way to New York’ in Times Square. The point should be obvious: when you arrive at your destination, you don’t need signposts any more.
Since moving to Scotland, I have discovered a striking exception to my rule. We live near the tiny village of Kilconquhar. Right in the centre of the village, near the church and opposite the pub, is a milestone telling you how far it is to various other towns. But at the top of the milestone, to my astonishment and amusement, it says, ‘Kil’r 0’. No miles to Kilconquhar. Zero. You’re there already. Was it a joke? Did someone put it there in case of very thick fog, in which case some muddled travellers might be glad to know not just where they were going, but where they already were? It’s hard to say...
Taken from Lent for Everyone Mark Year B by Tom Wright