“By the grace of God” Jesus tasted death “for every one”. In his plan of salvation, God ordained that his Son should not only “die for our sins” but should also “taste death”, experience the condition of death, the separation of his soul from his body, between the time he expired on the cross and the time he was raised from the dead. The state of the dead Christ is the mystery of the tomb and the descent into hell. It is the mystery of Holy Saturday, when Christ, lying in the tomb, reveals God’s great sabbath rest after the fulfillment of man’s salvation, which brings peace to the whole universe.
–The Catechism of the Roman Catholic Church, para. 624
“Today there is a great silence over the earth, a great silence, and stillness”
Today all hell trembles in fear. All that oppresses, all that limits, all shadows, all weight of darkness, trembles and shatters
Today we wait in Radiant Expectation. #HolySaturday pic.twitter.com/x6kLlk3BCW
— Victoria Barlow ✞ (@SilentDiapason) April 20, 2019