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Holy Saturday
Holy Saturday: When the World Falls Silent The Cross has spoken.The tomb is still closed.The dream has been buried.The world holds its breath.
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Holy Saturday
The body is in the tomb. The hopes of the disciples are locked in darkness. This is a day I try to feel more than any other. That feeling of… what now? That feeling of… what happened?
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Holy Saturday
The tomb is sealed. We know the end of the story, so we want to rush on. We want to see that stone rolled away. But it’s Saturday. It is silent. It is dark. That stone laughs at us. Death wins. We don’t know the end of the story on Saturday. Sit in the darkness. You can’t know resurrection until…
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Holy Saturday
O Lord, why do you cast my soul away?Why do you hide your face from me? (Psalm 88:14)
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Holy Saturday in the time of coronavirus
The past few years I have tried to stay as “still” as I can and reflect on the darkness that would have surrounded the disciple. The loss. The questions. The grief.
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Holy Saturday
O God, Creator of heaven and earth: Grant that, as the crucified body of your dear Son was laid in the tomb and rested on this holy Sabbath, so we may await with him the coming of the third day, and rise with him to newness of life; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.
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Holy Saturday
Lamentations 3:37-58 37 Who can speak and have it happen if the Lord has not decreed it? 38 Is it not from the mouth of the Most High that both calamities and good things come? 39 Why should the living complain when punished for their sins?
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Laid in the tomb
The darkness of Saturday. Longing for hope.
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Holy Saturday
Let us wait with longing… God, Creator of heaven and earth: Grant that, as the crucified body of your dear Son was laid in the tomb and rested on this holy Sabbath, so we may await with him the coming of the third day, and rise with him to newness of life; who now lives and reigns with you and…
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