Holy Saturday

We are now in that fuzzy time when Jesus has died and has not yet risen.  It is the time in the tomb before the rock has been rolled away.  It is the time we truly must wait, even though we buy our Easter outfits and color Easter eggs to fill in the time.  Of course we know the next part of the story, but still… we are not there yet. 

There is a lovely very short liturgy for Holy Saturday in the Book of Common Prayer on page 283.  It*s stuffed between Good Friday and the Great Vigil of Easter.  If two pages stick together, you might flip over it, miss it entirely.  Don*t do it.  Really, I mean it: don*t do it.  Look at the Scriptures.  Above all, pay attention to the 1 Peter 4:1-8 reading.  It catches me every time:  Love covers a multitude of sins.  Every year I hear or read this passage and it is somehow new, even while being familiar.  Don*t miss it.  Page 283 of the Book of Common Prayer.  It takes about ten minutes, tops.  

This is the end of Lent.  Jesus is resurrected Saturday night.   Once again.

Consider this

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Consider it again.