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We read in an ancient homily on Holy Saturday, “Something strange is happening — there is a great silence on earth today, a great silence and stillness. The whole earth keeps silence because the King is asleep.”
Holy Saturday is one of the most mysterious and overlooked days of the Church’s year. After the intensity of Holy Thursday and the sorrow of Good Friday, the Church now enters a day wrapped in silence. It’s a pause — not empty or stagnant, but one brimming with anticipation.
In our Dominican houses, Holy Saturday begins quietly. The chanting is hushed, the prayers subdued, as if we, too, are keeping vigil outside the sealed tomb. As Father Vincent pointed out, even the friars aren’t quite sure what to do with themselves. There’s a sense of wandering, of waiting. But in this silence, something incredible is happening.
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Holy Saturday is one of the most mysterious and overlooked days of the Church’s year. After the intensity of Holy Thursday and the sorrow of Good Friday, the Church now enters a day wrapped in silence. It’s a pause — not empty or stagnant, but one brimming with anticipation.
In our Dominican houses, Holy Saturday begins quietly. The chanting is hushed, the prayers subdued, as if we, too, are keeping vigil outside the sealed tomb. As Father Vincent pointed out, even the friars aren’t quite sure what to do with themselves. There’s a sense of wandering, of waiting. But in this silence, something incredible is happening.
Silence begins to break
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Into the silence of Holy Saturday
Holy Saturday is a day of sacred stillness, rich with mystery and quiet anticipation — a silence that holds the promise of Christ’s victory.
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