The Week That Changed The World - Holy Saturday (Part VII)

Well, I've got to work this Easter weekend.  We did attend the Mormon Easter Pageant on Thursday, and then our church's Holy Friday service last night.  I do have to say that I was very disappointed in our church's service.  Our services are always contemporary, which ordinarily I like, but last night was rock out night or something.  The music was very loud and I thought, inappropriate, especially when they played a Nickleback song.  And the message barely touched on the Easter story at all, almost like a hindsight throw it in there thing.  But, I'm still glad we went.  And I'm even more glad we went to the Easter Pageant than ever before.

I do hope you have a very Blessed Easter!

Saturday, April 7Holy Saturday

This is the seventh day of the week, the day Jesus rested in the tomb. In the first three Gospel accounts this was the Jewish Sabbath, which provided appropriate symbolism of the seventh day rest. While some church traditions continue daily services on Saturday, there is no communion served on this day.

Some traditions suspend services and Scripture readings during the day on Saturday, to be resumed at the Easter Vigil after sundown Saturday. It is traditionally a day of quiet meditation as Christians contemplate the darkness of a world without a future and without hope apart from God and his grace.

It is also a time to remember family and the faithful who have died as we await the resurrection, or to honor the martyrs who have given their lives for the cause of Christ in the world.  While Good Friday is a traditional day of fasting, some also fast on Saturday as the climax of the season of Lent.  An ancient tradition dating to the first centuries of the church calls for no food of any kind to be eaten on Holy Saturday, or for 40 hours before sunrise on Sunday.

However it is observed, Holy Saturday has traditionally been a time of reflection and waiting, the time of weeping that lasts for the night while awaiting the joy that comes in the morning:  Weeping may last through the night, but joy comes with the morning. (Psalm 30:5)

 Ciao!  De ;)

 

 

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