As a community we decided to gather for breakfast on Holy Saturday morning at our usual time of 10:30am in order to reflect together about what this day means for each of us. In the exact place where the cross had been for Good Friday services the previous day, we created a long table with purple tablecloths and vases of beautiful irises. This poem, by Kim Rosen, was brought to us by Linda Hutton and shared during the breakfast, along side the gospel that speaks of how Jesus' body was placed in the cave.
Between
But its the cave I want to know.
Not how He left, rose, became a something
again. But what happens in the cave.
Not blood, not body, not wine stamped with the memory
of blood, but the space between breath
and breath where we are nowhere
to be found.
Someone weeps outside.
Someone tugs at the boulder.
Someone clings to a torn lock of His hair.
And inside, in the still, lightless air
the turning back
into everything.
At a certain point in our reflections, remembering that in the Holy Saturday Vigil the Church-gathered baptizes people into the Catholic community, Victoria asked all of us to recommit to the path of Christ before we meet the Christ on the path to Emmaus.
In that same spirit, Barbara and Kevin, were invited to stand and lite their wedding candle because theywished to renew their wedding vows to each other, in the presence of their daughter Monica and the community. Victoria offered: "Just as we support those approaching the waters of rebirth tonight across the world in the Easter Vigil Liturgy, so too do we ask all of you to witness to Barbara and Kevin's renewal of commitment and offer them our support and joy." Afterward, Victoria offered a blessing as the community surrounded Barb and Kevin, laid their hands upon them and offered blessings as well. And then of course we sang our blessings to one another!
What a beautiful Holy Saturday!
