The Body of the Dead Christ in the Tomb, by Hans Holbein the Younger, 1521
On Holy Saturday the Church waits at the Lord's tomb in prayer and fasting, meditating on his Passion and Death and on his Descent into Hell, and awaiting his Resurrection.
The Church abstains from the Sacrifice of the Mass, with the sacred table left bare, until after the solemn Vigil, that is, the anticipation by night of the Resurrection, when the time comes for paschal joys, the abundance of which overflows to occupy fifty days.
Holy Communion may only be given on this day as Viaticum (Roman Missal. Holy Week. Holy Saturday)
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