http://www.fathersofthechurch.com/2010/04/03/the-whole-earth-keeps-silence/ Mike Aquilina's Blog Fri, 25 Jan 2013 09:36:11 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.fathersofthechurch.com/2010/04/03/the-whole-earth-keeps-silence/comment-page-1/#comment-2101184 Wayne Buse Sat, 07 Apr 2012 22:45:32 +0000 http://www.fathersofthechurch.com/2008/03/22/the-whole-earth-keeps-silence/#comment-2101184 I was just telling my wife earlier how much I enjoyed this reading at our Tennebrae service and had no idea where it came from. Now, thanks to you, Brother Mike, I do. Thanks. I was just telling my wife earlier how much I enjoyed this reading at our Tennebrae service and had no idea where it came from. Now, thanks to you, Brother Mike, I do. Thanks.

]]> http://www.fathersofthechurch.com/2010/04/03/the-whole-earth-keeps-silence/comment-page-1/#comment-2101170 kentuckyliz Sat, 07 Apr 2012 12:37:39 +0000 http://www.fathersofthechurch.com/2008/03/22/the-whole-earth-keeps-silence/#comment-2101170 ^ It looks like I'm posting annually on this page. Ha! ^ It looks like I’m posting annually on this page. Ha!

]]> http://www.fathersofthechurch.com/2010/04/03/the-whole-earth-keeps-silence/comment-page-1/#comment-2101169 kentuckyliz Sat, 07 Apr 2012 12:36:43 +0000 http://www.fathersofthechurch.com/2008/03/22/the-whole-earth-keeps-silence/#comment-2101169 We don't celebrate Holy Saturday well. It is a dual celebration, of joy and sorrow. Jesus' first followers didn't fully comprehend what was going to happen next, and they were stunned, desperate, grieving, silent. The radiant joy of the released captives of Sheol/Hades takes place beyond our earthly eyes but has more eternal impact for all of us than anything that happens on earth. May we all remember the greatness of Holy Saturday. We don’t celebrate Holy Saturday well. It is a dual celebration, of joy and sorrow. Jesus’ first followers didn’t fully comprehend what was going to happen next, and they were stunned, desperate, grieving, silent. The radiant joy of the released captives of Sheol/Hades takes place beyond our earthly eyes but has more eternal impact for all of us than anything that happens on earth. May we all remember the greatness of Holy Saturday.

]]> http://www.fathersofthechurch.com/2010/04/03/the-whole-earth-keeps-silence/comment-page-1/#comment-2055917 kentuckyliz Sat, 23 Apr 2011 14:37:47 +0000 http://www.fathersofthechurch.com/2008/03/22/the-whole-earth-keeps-silence/#comment-2055917 This is the non-Scripture reading in the Office of Readings in the Liturgy of the Hours for Holy Saturday! 4th century This is the non-Scripture reading in the Office of Readings in the Liturgy of the Hours for Holy Saturday! 4th century

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