{"id":6321,"date":"2026-04-04T01:00:44","date_gmt":"2026-04-03T23:00:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/?p=6321"},"modified":"2026-04-03T19:14:23","modified_gmt":"2026-04-03T17:14:23","slug":"holy-saturday-waiting-in-front-of-the-entrance-to-the-tomb","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.eugenedemazenod.net\/?p=6321","title":{"rendered":"HOLY SATURDAY: WAITING IN FRONT OF THE ENTRANCE TO THE TOMB"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Joseph took the body, wrapped it in a clean linen cloth,<\/span><\/span> and placed it in his own new tomb<\/span><\/span>\u00a0<\/span>that he had cut out of the rock. He rolled a big stone in front of the entrance to the tomb and went away.<\/span><\/span><\/span> Mary Magdalene and the other Mary were sitting there opposite the tomb.<\/span> (Matthew 27:59-61)<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/h3>\n<\/div>\n

\u00a0<\/span>\u201cThat is what Holy Saturday has taught me about being Christian. Between the great dramas of life, there is almost always a time of empty waiting \u2014 with nothing to do and no church service to help \u2014 a time when it is necessary to come up with your own words and see how they sound with no other sounds to cover them up. If you are willing to rest in this Sabbath, where you cannot see your hand in front of your face and none of your self-protective labors can do you one bit of good, then you may come as close to the Christ as you will ever get \u2014 there in that quiet cave where you wait to see how the Maker of All Life will choose to come to you in the dark.\u201d (Barbara Brown Taylor, https:\/\/www.huffpost.com\/entry\/learning-to-wait-in-the-dark_b_5175191)<\/span><\/h3>\n

\u00a0<\/span>FOR EUGENE<\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n

\u00a0<\/span>In the end, though with sadness, I go my way, placing my trust in God alone. Let us love him always more.<\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/h3>\n

Letter to Father Forbin Janson, 12 September 1814<\/span><\/em><\/h3>\n

\u00a0<\/span>FOR THE OBLATE CHARISMATIC FAMILY<\/span><\/strong><\/h3>\n

\u00a0<\/span>\u201cWherever we work, our mission is especially to those people whose condition cries out for salvation and for the hope which only Jesus Christ can fully bring. These are the poor with their many faces; we give them our preference.\u201d<\/span><\/strong><\/em><\/h3>\n

OMI Rule of Life, Constitution 5<\/span><\/em><\/h3>\n
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