Some thoughts on Holy Saturday
Christ Pantocrator, Cefalù Cathedral, Polermo, Italy, 12th century. Found on www.edgeofenclosure.com. Notice that the halo is also a cross.
O God of unchangeable power and eternal light: [...] let the whole world see and know that things which were cast down are being raised up, and things which had grown old are being made new, and that all things are being brought to their perfection by him through whom all things were made, your Son Jesus Christ our Lord; who lives and reigns with you, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.
That prayer is part of the Proper Liturgy for Good Friday, which I attended at my parish yesterday. I will admit that I spent most of the service on the verge of tears (and parts of it well beyond the verge), but this is the point where I really felt myself brought short…
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