Ears to Hear - Holy Saturday

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Written by Conor McDonough OP

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A Reading from an Ancient Homily for Holy Saturday

Holy Saturday is an eerily silent day. There is no morning Mass, no bells ringing, no choirs singing. Instead, all  the Christian world is in silent mourning – the Beloved is dead, and they have laid him in the tomb. Something is going on within the silence though, imperceptibly. Christ descends and says to all the dead:  ‘Awake’!