Archive for Saturday, March 22, 2008

Holy Saturday

The season that begins in Advent and ends at Pentecost is the reason I am an Anglican and this week is the most intense but also my favorite week of the year. I love the liturgical calendar that forces me both as a pastor and as a worshiper into setting the resurrection behind a veil for a time and immersing myself in the Passion. I appreciate the long season of Lent and its denial of some pleasures in order to make more room for God in my life and its culmination in the terrible but necessary crucifixion of Jesus prepares me to celebrate on Easter. Read the rest of this entry »

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