Saturday, April 19, 2025

Triduum: Holy Saturday

Dead Christ,, by Hans Holbein, the Younger, 1520-1522
Something strange is happening — there is a great silence on earth today, a great silence and stillness. The whole earth keeps silence because the King is asleep. The earth trembled and is still because God has fallen asleep in the flesh and he has raised up all who have slept ever since the world began1


1 Liturgy of the Hours. Office of Readings for Holy Saturday. From an Ancient Homily on Holy Saturday.

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