It is here on Holy Saturday, where I find my Mother Mary. I find her love for me and for all the Church in her quiet hope, though grief-stricken. Here I cling to my Mother Mary, and while I desire to console her, it is Mary who consoles me. It is Mary's heart directing me into the beauty of Christ's passion, into trusting Christ's mercy, into the hope of Christ's salvation.
The Greek Orthodox have a great devotion to this Great and Holy Saturday. Here is a most moving part of the beautiful Ode 9 in the Canon of the Great and Holy Saturday (find a variation here, pdf file).
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