That limbo time, between a death and a funeral, when you don't quite know what to do or say or be... I guess in some senses that's what Holy Saturday is about. Perhaps because my Dad died on the Wednesday after Easter, I remember his death around this time rather than at its true date. In some sense I re-enter the bizarre blend of routine and restlessness, getting on with it and not knowing what to do... I try hard not to pre-empt what I know tomorrow brings, because actually no-one knows what tomorrow brings. Like countless ministers and Sunday School leaders, today will be spent on final preps for tomorrow. For now though, these words...
Holy Saturday:
The
Long
Aching
Empty
Waiting
And
Not
Knowing
If
God's
(seeming?)
Absence
Will
Ever
End...