Photo was taken last Thursday in the North Cathedral, Cork (Irl)

Today Holy Saturday is a day of waiting. Wishing you a Happy Easter

Thought on Saturday – April – 31/03/2018

‘Light thinks it travels faster than anything but it is wrong. No matter how fast light travels, it finds the darkness has always got there first and is waiting for it.’ ~Terry Pratchett

Today Holy Saturday is a day of waiting. It is sometimes known as the Great Saturday, Black Saturday, Joyous Saturday or the Saturday of Light. Interestingly many call it Easter Saturday but this should refer to the Saturday of next week. Whatever day you call it, it is definitely the ‘in between day’.

You could also call it a strange day. Darkness seems to have got there first. The fallout from Good Friday is massive. The disciples have fled. There is total grief, shock, dismay. Everything seems to have collapsed with the death of Jesus. Nothing makes sense. Darkness has truly taken over. Sometimes we have to wait in darkness, wait in the middle of our struggles, wait in our anxious and lonely days before something may happen. If darkness has got there first, then when the light does come, it will completely shatter it.

Tomorrow Easter Sunday falls on April 1st which is April Fools Day. But there is no fooling about as to the significance of Easter. The resurrection of Jesus will shatter the darkness. It has no escape. In its place is a great sense of hope, new beginnings and a new journey. We are not on our own. Many like you and me are in waiting. We wait for the light to shine into our darkness. We are Easter people and without the light of the Resurrection we have nothing to hold onto. Life is meaningless without it. As we wait I wish you a very Happy Easter.