Holy Saturday . . . is the sound of perfect silence. Yesterday's mockery, the good thief's prayer, the cry of dereliction - all of that is past now. Mary has dried her tears, and the whole creation is still, waiting for what will happen next.
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| Christ in the Sepulchre William Blake, 1808 |
With the altar stripped bare and the Divine Service unspoken, the wait in silence resonates.
The opening quotation is taken from an excerpt from Death on A Friday Afternoon, by Richard John Neuhaus. The excerpt was posted on firstthings.com in 2007.
Photos and Illustration:
collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O74285/the-angels-hovering-over-the-watercolour-blake-william/
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