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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