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Recommended chapter:
Book VI, Chapter 3 – “Mount Doom”
Here, we see the moment of ultimate surrender, betrayal, and unlooked-for salvation. Frodo cannot finish the task; grace must intervene. Gollum, a figure of both corruption and grace, becomes the unexpected instrument of deliverance. As with Christ on the Cross, victory comes through sacrifice.
Easter: Resurrection, Renewal, and Joy
After the silence of Holy Saturday comes the joy of the Resurrection. Evil is defeated. Light breaks through. The King returns.
Recommended chapters:
Book VI, Chapter 5 – “The Steward and the King”
Book VI, Chapter 6 – “Many Partings”
Aragorn is crowned as the true king, bringing healing and peace to the land. Friends are reunited. Wounds are acknowledged but transformed. The entire realm breathes again. It is the season of joy—of Alleluia. The world, long held captive by darkness, has been reborn.
Ordinary Time: Faithfulness in the Everyday
Ordinary Time isn’t “ordinary” in the sense of mundane. It’s ordered time—days structured around growth, conversion, and daily discipleship. In The Lord of the Rings, we see this reflected in the hobbits’ return home.
The great battles have passed, but now comes the quiet heroism of rebuilding, forgiving, planting gardens, raising families, and remembering.
Recommended chapters:
Book VI, Chapter 8 – “The Scouring of the Shire”
Book VI, Chapter 9 – “The Grey Havens”
Appendix B – “The Tale of Years”