Lent Day 40
Saturday; April 19, 2014
Liminal Space
Today is day when nothing appears to happen, but in much of what is important about this season is actually happening. To go from crucifixion on Friday to resurrection on Sunday requires going through Saturday.
Tomorrow (Easter) will be different than today. But, one must walk through today in real life at some level in order to get to tomorrow.
"When the whole cycle happens to you, you will know it could well have happened to Jesus, and maybe even did! Now you are ready for Sunday, the first day of the week, the ever-new day of Resurrected Life, which will allow you henceforth to read all your life backward and understand, and read it forward with hope. Remember, hope is not some vague belief that “all will work out well,” but biblical hope is the certainty that things finally have a victorious meaning no matter how they turn out. We learned that from Jesus, which gives us now the courage to live our lives forward from here. Maybe that is the full purpose of Lent.”
“Ever Risen Christ, you have taken me into your mystery of passion, death, waiting, and new life. Because I trust you, I trust my own dyings too. Allow me this Easter to go all the way with you, and to now trust our Eternal Sunday even more than any Passing Friday or Waiting Saturday. Amen.”
Quotes from Rohr, Richard (2010-12-27). Wondrous Encounters: Scripture for Lent (pp. 142-143). St. Anthony Messenger Press. Kindle Edition.
