Holy Week, vii

Holy Week, vii ~ Holy Saturday
Mourning
Sorrow
Forgetting
Jesus in Sheol
Sabbath

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This day is one of lamentation and wondering. No festal activity, but lots of prayerful song mingled with art both visual & verbal, with a constant background of musical lamentation. Nothing like my two favorite requiems for this Holy Saturday.


Scripture Reading:
Job 14:1-14
Psalm 31
Matthew 27:57-66
1 Peter 4:1-8

Poetry:

Poem for Holy Saturday by Joseph Carlson

Sepulchre by George Herbert

Cry, Beloved by Ben Palpant

Blessing for Waiting by Jan Richardson, excerpt

Hymns:

Art Study:

The Harrowing of Hell by Hieronymus Bosch, c.15th century
Descent of Christ into Limbo by Bartolome Bermejo, c.1475

Listening:

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