Posted: Mar 22, 08 12:08am
Holy Saturday is the seventh and last day of the Holy Week. For many centuries, no services were held on Holy Saturday in the Western churches, recalling the suspended state of Christ's followers in the period between the Crucifixion and the resurrection.
Jesus' disciples and followers were mourning and weeping for the death of Christ on this day. It was the Sabbath and rest and reflection was called for. The Sabbath was observed by not knowing as yet the abolition of it, with the rest of the ceremonial law, and therefore it is a day of suspense between two worlds, darkness and death, and Light and Resurrection. Lk 23:56b is the only mention of this day in the Bible. "And on the Sabbath they rested according to the commandment."
Today, as with Christmas, the secular aspects of the Easter season threaten to overwhelm its religious significance. Just as then, no man yet knew the gift with evidence that was going to be displayed to them the following day, so it is with our life journey. Jesus met intimately one-on-one with Mary Magdalene, out of whom He had cast seven demons. Jesus has since revealed Himself throughout the ages to a a great multitude, which no man could number, of all nations, and kindreds, and people, and tongues. We cannot judge who He will meet with next. Perhaps it is someone in whom you least likely expect it.
It is but my suggestion that if you have no tradition or your church offers no services on Holy Saturday, that you take the time to pray for those that you know which have not yet met the resurrected Christ. Remember your humble beginnings of that moment you received Him as Christ and Savior and offer a prayer that others may know Him as you do.
Have a blessed day looking upward!
