Then comes Holy Saturday, a day unlike any other. The Church is quiet. The altar is bare. Christ lies in the tomb.

This isn’t simply a day of waiting or preparation, but a day to sit with the reality of death, with absence, with grief. It’s a day when we are invited to stand in solidarity with all who know loss: those who mourn loved ones, those who live in the midst of war and violence, those who carry silent suffering in their hearts. On this day, we don’t rush ahead, we remain in the stillness, trusting that even here, CHRIST is at work in ways we cannot yet see.

~ Fr. Adam Patras, OSB