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    Silent Saturday

    “But by the time they were finished, the Sabbath had begun, so they rested as required by the law.” (Luke 23:56b) It is the day slid between Good Friday and Easter Sunday. Not much is said in the Scriptures about the time between the filling of the tomb and its emptying. Perhaps that is because, unlike us who wait with anticipation the arrival of Easter morning, no one was expecting anything. The disciples assumed it was all over and were beginning the horrid task of re-grouping when you haven’t a clue when or where or how to start over. How do you enter that space when the anticipated future evaporates…