Comments on: Holy Saturday: A Day Between

By: Jan Richardson

Jan Richardson — Fri, 03 Apr 2009 16:12:54 +0000

Many kind thanks for your words, Cheryl. Yes—I would be delighted for you to use this artwork for Holy Saturday. Thank you for including a link to your intriguing blog reflection and for your ministry to the women in prison. I’m quite struck by the idea of doing Holy Saturday in prison—and also by your observation that it may be redundant! Perhaps it’s not so much redundant as it is a recognition of what the women live with on a daily basis. What a powerful thing to invite the women to notice the resonance between Holy Saturday and their own lives, and to reflect on how the story of Jesus entering hell conveys that he has some understanding of their own experience of hell…

Many blessings to you and the women as you prepare for this.

By: cheryl

cheryl — Fri, 03 Apr 2009 02:10:50 +0000

Jan – I love this image.

I’m creating a Holy Saturday vigil for women in one of the prisons here in Melbourne [Australia]. I’m wondering if it’s possible to use this image? I’d need to reproduce it digitally to do so…

I’ve put the link to an outline of the vigil as the website above.

thanks.

By: Jean

Jean — Sat, 22 Mar 2008 17:46:32 +0000

As someone who has been away from the traditional church but still misses it, I find myself feeling this season and thinking about tomorrow, Easter, but without having a place to put it. Today, I am preparing for a 6 week trip to China with my high school students and I am distracted and focused all at the same time. I feel like Jesus is somewhere inside me, but I don’t know how or if he even arose from the dead at all. That is the main reason why I don’t go to church any more. Not sure I can call myself a Christian. Yet, it is his example (and the Buddha’s) to which I most relate. Maybe I should set some time aside from my China preparations for prayer on my own, knowing I am joining with so many others on this day.

P.S. I found your website through a friend on Facebook — beautiful!!

By: Sunrise Sister

Sunrise Sister — Sat, 22 Mar 2008 17:03:50 +0000

Your words regarding Holy Saturday were with me last night – as I slept restlessly. Woke up and posted the words that your post put in my mind. Having just reread your words here, I find comfort and reassurance of the promise and hope that Jesus’ descending into hell brings all of us sinners!

By: Tess

Tess — Sat, 22 Mar 2008 15:16:02 +0000

There’s a restlessness to this day for me, an inability to settle. I tend to do housework (which is not such a bad thing!) because I feel a need to prepare. Very difficult to slow down, listen and feel.
Er, and even us Catholic girls don’t see a drive-through Stations of the Cross every day of the week…