Friday, 30 March 2018

THEY TOOK NOTE OF WHERE HE WAS LAID


PRAYER PAUSE


Holy Saturday, 31 March 2018


THEY TOOK NOTE OF WHERE HE WAS LAID


Enter into the stillness of God within.


Reading: Mary of Magdala and Mary the mother of Joset were watching and took note of where he was laid.” (Mark 15:47)



Reflection. Holy Saturday is the Chruch’s feast of waiting.  Where he was laid, and even how he was laid (Luke 23:55), must have seem rather irrelevant in view of what happened the next day.  But they had no idea what would happen. They were sad, confused, lost.  But they hung on to some thread of hope.  A lot of our life is waiting: what will happen?  We plan but we have no control over how things will work out.  Holy Saturday invites us into a loving trust both for our own future and that of others – our families, the world and – what is biting many of us a lot these days – the furure of the Church.


Prayer. Lord, we want to wait with Mary today in expectation.  Help our belief that, just as your broke through death to new life, so will you help us resolve all the personal and social issues that occupy us. Amen 

































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