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proudestmonkey
4/6/2007 11:23 AM
More than the grief of Good Friday, Holy Saturday better exemplifies the profound tensions between Christ's death on Friday and the Resurrection on Sunday, between this life and the life to come. Yet Holy Saturday is largely unknown within the evangelical world. Evangelicals would do well to include the penitence of Lent and the Great Triduum leading up to the season of Easter (yes, season...its not just one day to celebrate).
Holy Saturday (in Latin, Sabbatum Sanctum ), is a day of rest, silence and waiting. Holy Saturday is also a profound day of silence. Not only are the New Testament records silent of the days’ events, Christ himself rests silently in the tomb. On the seventh day of creation God ordained a Sabbath of rest from the work of creation. Today, God incarnate rests in a tomb from the work of redemption. It is a day of mourning Christ’s absence; thus the alter remains bare and there is no celebration of the Eucharist. It is also a profound day of silence. We contemplate this mystery in sorrowful silence; suspended between Friday’s darkness and death and Sunday’s resurrection and restoration of Light.
Holy Saturday (in Latin, Sabbatum Sanctum ), is a day of rest, silence and waiting. Holy Saturday is also a profound day of silence. Not only are the New Testament records silent of the days’ events, Christ himself rests silently in the tomb. On the seventh day of creation God ordained a Sabbath of rest from the work of creation. Today, God incarnate rests in a tomb from the work of redemption. It is a day of mourning Christ’s absence; thus the alter remains bare and there is no celebration of the Eucharist. It is also a profound day of silence. We contemplate this mystery in sorrowful silence; suspended between Friday’s darkness and death and Sunday’s resurrection and restoration of Light.
http://www.usatoday.com/news/opinion/editorials/2006-04-09-forum-easter_x.htm
Awesome message and great analogy!