When visiting another church one time, a thought occurred to me as I waited in my pew for communion to be served. It was during the Advent season, and the service had warmed us with words of hope and light. It was also the first Sunday of the month, which in that church meant communion Sunday. As the service shifted from Advent to communion, it struck me that, you know, we do this fairly often. Celebrate communion, that is. Once a month. We celebrate Christmas and Easter only once a year. Advent and Lent are each several weeks long, but again, these seasons occur only once a year.

Now I know that every Sunday is to be considered a “little Easter,” and in that sense we do celebrate the Resurrection more often than once a year. Which is why there are actually 46 days from Ash Wednesday to E…