Sandwiched between the horrors of Maundy Thursday/Good Friday and the celebration of resurrection on Easter Sunday, is the mourning of Holy Saturday. Nouwen reminds us in today's devotion that death is a part of life, and for the person of faith, it is a bridge to eternity. For the disciples however, the long hours of the Saturday after Good Friday were probably filled with doubt, fear, and unrelenting grief. Nouwen reminds us amidst consideration of our own mortality that death will not be denied. This is not a morbid view, but a recognition of life's realities amidst the hope of faith. He writes, "In every arrival, there is a leave-taking; in every reunion there is a separation; in each one's growing up there is a growing old; in every smile there is a tear; and in every success there is a loss." That is the reality of life and death...but hope is coming...hope is coming...hope will not be denied!
JKA
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