Weekly Wildflowers #18
Today there is a great silence over the earth - A Good Friday Reflection
I want to make a space for stillness today. For reflection and quiet.
Today is Good Friday, a day of darkness before blinding light. When divine blood is spilled, when water gushes forth. The birth of the Church, the birth of tangible grace and mercy in our lives.
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AMDG,
Mandy
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Quote of the Week
“Do you not see the eyes of the crucified gazing upon you with love and asking for your surrender?
St. Teresa Benedicta of the Cross (Edith Stein)
Devotional Corner
I remember the first time I heard this ancient homily. I pondered over the words and was floored by their beauty and powerful images. As Catholics, we believe that Jesus descended into hell and defeated death. This ancient homily depicts these scenes, describing beautifully the power of Christ’s glory on the Cross. Today I want to share parts of it with you. If you want to read the whole thing, go here.
I invite you to read it slowly, focusing on the “for you’s”
A reading from an ancient homily for Holy Saturday.
“Today there is a great silence over the earth, a great silence, and stillness, a great silence because the King sleeps;
the earth was in terror and was still, because God slept in the flesh and raised up those who were sleeping from the ages.
God has died in the flesh, and the underworld has trembled.
Truly he goes to seek out our first parent like a lost sheep; he wishes to visit those who sit in darkness and in the shadow of death.
He goes to free the prisoner Adam and his fellow-prisoner Eve from their pains, he who is God, and Adam's son.
The Lord goes in to them holding his victorious weapon, his cross.”
“For you, I your God became your son;
for you, I the Master took on your form; that of slave;
for you, I who am above the heavens came on earth and under the earth;
for you, man, I became as a man without help, free among the dead;
for you, who left a garden, I was handed over to Jews from a garden and crucified in a garden.”
Friends, Christ has fought for you and for me.
And He has won.
“Awake, O sleeper, and arise from the dead, and Christ shall give you light.”
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