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Spring: The Resurrection of a New World
Rev. Kat Carroll
As I write this to you, it’s March 20th: The first day of Spring, or Vernal Equinox, one of two moments in the year when the Sun is exactly above the Equator. It’s also the time of a new moon and the arrival of potent energies from our sun due to three back-to-back solar flares. These will be reaching us over the next few days. And if you’ve been having a rough week, with flared emotions and glitching electronics… Mercury is in retrograde!
Look to the Stars
Religious holiday dates don’t always line up neatly with the original story because calendars were changed from Hebrew moon cycles to the Roman calendar. The Roman calendar evolved from a 10-month lunar system attributed to Romulus, beginning in March and lasting 304 days, with winter left unaccounted for. Later, Numa Pompilius reformed it by adding January and February, creating a 12-month year of 355 days and introducing intercalary months to better align with the solar year.
If you think that’s confusing—and I do—then we need only look to the stars for clarity.
The spring equinox marks a celestial transition visible in the night sky, especially around March 20. In the Northern Hemisphere, the Big Dipper, or Plough, rides high in the northeast, a key indicator of the season’s arrival—remembered by the mnemonic, “spring up, fall down.” From this familiar asterism, you can trace the Spring Triangle, formed by three bright stars: Arcturus in Boötes, Spica in Virgo, and Denebola in Leo. These stars are visible to the naked eye and remain prominent until August.
In the year 3–2 B.C., astronomical events involving Jupiter (the King Planet) and Regulus (the King Star) in the constellation Leo (the Lion) are widely interpreted as celestial signs pointing to the birth of a new king. And here we are again… but this year feels different, doesn’t it?
As far as our ascension progress goes, it feels like the dress rehearsal is over, and we are awakening in a new era, albeit with anticipated turbulence as the old systems break down.
Here we are in a new season, and during Holy Week. Do you know what it was all about?Here is a recap of the story for those who have not studied the Bible:
Palm Sunday (Nisan 10): Jesus enters Jerusalem riding a donkey, fulfilling Zechariah 9:9. Crowds hail Him as King, laying palm branches in His path. He spends the night in Bethany.
Holy Monday (Nisan 11): Jesus returns to Jerusalem, curses a fig tree for bearing no fruit, and cleanses the temple, declaring it a “house of prayer.”
Holy Tuesday (Nisan 12): Jesus teaches in the temple, delivers the Olivet Discourse on the end times, and confronts religious leaders with parables and warnings.
Spy Wednesday / Holy Wednesday (Nisan 13): Though not detailed extensively in the Gospels, this day marks Judas Iscariot’s agreement to betray Jesus for 30 pieces of silver.
Maundy Thursday (Nisan 14): Jesus shares the Last Supper with His disciples, institutes Communion, washes their feet, and prays in Gethsemane. He is betrayed by Judas and arrested.
Good Friday (Nisan 14): Jesus is tried before Jewish and Roman authorities, condemned to death, scourged, mocked, and crucified. He dies around 3 PM, and His body is buried before sunset.
Holy Saturday (Nisan 15): Jesus’ body rests in the tomb. A guard is posted at the request of the religious authorities to prevent theft. This day is also known as Black Saturday or Silent Saturday.
Easter Sunday (Nisan 16): Jesus rises from the dead before dawn. Mary Magdalene and other women discover the empty tomb and become the first witnesses to the resurrection.
Jesus was a catalyst for change in his day—challenging the systems that oppressed the people. Though he lost his life in the process, and was then resurrected, the story did not end with him.
It became a pattern. A reminder that even when old systems resist and collapse, something new can be resurrected in their place.
Help in Times of Need
To “spring” the new world into being, we need to embrace it ourselves, with our very thoughts and emotions. We need to live as if it has already arrived and give thanks.
As for Holy Week, what is often overlooked in this story is not just what happened, but what was spoken along the way.
During the most intense moments of betrayal, trial, and suffering, there were words that carried something far beyond language.
“Father, forgive them…”
These words were spoken in the very moment when fear, anger, and despair could have taken hold. And yet, something else was chosen.
This is where the story shifts from history into demonstration.
Across cultures and centuries, people have understood that words, especially those spoken in prayer or as a mantra, carry power when infused with feeling. Not empty repetition, but intention, emotion, and belief aligned.
In Sanskrit traditions, mantras were repeated not simply for meaning, but for vibration. In ancient temples, chants were designed to resonate through stone and body alike. In times of crisis, before battle, and in the face of impossible odds, people did not just hope…
They invoked.
They asked for intercession from a higher power. And sometimes, against all logic, the outcome shifted.
Was it divine intervention?
Was it unity of consciousness?
Or was it something we are only beginning to fully understand?
Perhaps the power was never in the words alone, but in the life breathed into them.
History offers quiet echoes of this principle.
There are stories of soldiers kneeling in the snow before battle, whispering prayers not of conquest, but of protection, purpose, and surrender to something greater than themselves.
You’ve heard the phrase, “There are no atheists in foxholes”? We often find our faith in times of dire need.
George Washington himself was big on prayer and had an apparition appear before him to show him a vision of the future and provide hope for the outcome of the revolutionary war.
Desmond Doss, a conscientious objector and medic in World War II, prayed continuously during the Battle of Okinawa, asking God to help him save one more life at a time. His faith sustained him through 12 grueling hours under fire, and he ultimately rescued 75 men.
During WWII, General George Patton found his troops in trouble when the weather would not let up. He decided it was time to seek divine intervention. Patton called 52-year-old Chief Chaplain of the Third Army, James H. O’Neill, and asked if he had a good prayer for weather. “We must do something about those rains if we are to win the war.”
As O’Neill could not find one, he created one and jotted it down on a card for Patton:
Two hundred fifty thousand copies were printed and distributed to the troops.
Almighty and most merciful Father, we humbly beseech Thee, of Thy great goodness, to restrain these immoderate rains with which we have had to contend. Grant us fair weather for Battle. Graciously hearken to us as soldiers who call upon Thee that, armed with Thy power, we may advance from victory to victory, and crush the oppression and wickedness of our enemies and establish Thy justice among men and nations. Amen.
Patton ordered the Chaplains and troops to:
“Pray when driving. Pray when fighting. Pray alone. Pray with others. Pray by night and pray by day. Pray for the cessation of immoderate rains, for good weather for battle… Pray for victory. Pray for our Army, and pray for peace.”
On December 16, 1944, the Battle of the Bulge began with Hitler’s offensive. On December 23, more than a week into the deadliest battle for the United States, the tide turned decisively in favor of the Allies. That morning, Patton believed his prayer had been dramatically answered when the weather finally changed.
The dawn skies were a glory to behold. The dense cloud cover had vanished. In the words of one GI, “it was the war’s most beautiful sunrise.”
Leaders who pause in prayer—not only to strategize, but to align with a higher power—have often been heard and answered. Perhaps you know of a world leader or president who does this with regularity.
In those darkest moments, something shifts—not just on the battlefield, but within the hearts of those who stood upon it and added their coherent thoughts and prayers. It sustained them through the fear of battle.
It’s the same for each of us today yearning for peace in the world. Your prayers make you a kind of spiritual warrior, helping to change the outcome of situations with your words and sincere emotions.
Whether one sees it as divine guidance or inner coherence, a unified field of thought and feeling is not a small thing. This has been demonstrated numerous times through mass meditation as well as mass prayer—what we’ve come to call the Maharishi Effect.
But long before Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, Jesus said:
“For where two or three are gathered together in my name, there am I in the midst of them.” — Matthew 18:20
This Easter Season
Personally, I see this season—and Holy Week—as a reminder.
To everything, there is a season.
And a time to every purpose under heaven – Ecclesiastes 3:1–8
We have walked through winters, both within and without. Through uncertainty, upheaval, and what many have called a dark night of the soul.
And now, something is shifting.
Not all at once, or without turbulence.
But unmistakably, and quietly like the budding of new leaves and blossoms.
Like the Earth itself is turning toward the light.
Perhaps this is not just a story of the past, recorded in scripture, but one unfolding now within each of us—as we embrace coherence and set aside ego, competition, hatred, and judgment of others. This is how we rise, raising our vibration to that state of joy, love and compassion. And especially, gratitude.
Resurrection is not only remembered—it is lived each day.
And if there is a key to that transformation, it may be simpler than we think:
To speak with intention.
To feel what we say.
To give thanks as if what we seek has already arrived.
Because in doing so, we are not just witnessing a new world. We are helping to bring it into being.
Now that’s what I call B’EARTHing!
And the pain we have been experiencing? It is temporary. Something new and wonderful is being born anew.
You might even say, resurrected.
I couldn’t leave you without an old, yet familiar song: Turn Turn Turn – Lyrics – The Byrds
Need more? Resource List:
Earth is about to Spiral Out of Control... Stephan Burns on the CME’s this week
Vernal equinox: How to see spring begin, just by looking at the stars
Heroes of rescue: from war’s frontlines to today’s fight for freedom
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