St. Amphilochius of Iconium writes: Death has seized our Lord Jesus Christ, but it shall not keep its hold on life....Of his own will he is now held; tomorrow he shall rise again, and hell shall be emptied.
Within the monastic setting, Holy Saturday is traditional a day of silence and reflection. The Liturgy of the Hours is stripped to the barest minimun of psalms, responsery and concluding prayer. The church is bare. Candles remain unlit, holy water fonts are dry. No bells, no processions, not even prayers for the dead. All these customs assist us in "feeling" the emptyness Jesus followers must have felt that first Holy Saturday.
Pope Benedict XVI writes Christ strode through the gate of our final loneliness; in his Passion he went down into the abyss our abandonment. Where no voice can reach us any longer, there is he.
Good thoughts for this Holy day.
Freezing Beautiful Times
Life would be so much easier if we could freeze the beautiful times, the times when joy overflowed and we were in tune with life around and ...
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Bless the Lord, my soul; all my being bless his holy name! For he fills your days with good things, your youth is renewed like the eagle...
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Come to me, all you who labor and are burdened, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am meek and h... -
I have noticed that spiritual people can have a tendency to over spiritualize everything in life, as though somehow every act came stra...
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