Holy Saturday
April 19
Holy Saturday Easter Vigil: Gn 1:1—2:2 or 1:1, 26-31a/Gn 22:1-18 or 22:1-2, 9a, 10-13, 15-18/ Ex 14:15—15:1/Is 54:5-14/Is 55:1-11/Bar 3:9-15, 32—4:4/Ez 36:16-17a, 18-28/ Rom 6:3-11/Mt 28:1-10. (41) Pss Prop.
*The Dead Christ and the Angels – Manet.
This artwork by E. Manet depicts angels lamenting over the death of Jesus Christ, holding the Savior’s body in His tomb. (see above)
**Dead Christ Supported by Two Angels – Palmetstsano.
The Lord Jesus sits erect in His tomb, supported by two angels, in this artwork by Palmetstsano. (see below)
***The Two Marys at the Sepulchre.
This antique illustration shows Mary Magdalene and Mary of Cleophas sitting sorrowfully outside the shut tomb of Jesus Christ before the Savior’s Resurrection on Easter Sunday. (see below)
https://restoredtraditions.com/products/two-marys-sepulchre?_pos=32&_sid=678c527d1&_ss=r
****Holy Saturday (Latin: Sabbatum Sanctum), also known as Great and Holy Saturday (also Holy and Great Saturday), the Great Sabbath, Hallelujah Saturday (in Portugal and Brazil), Saturday of the Glory, Sabado de Gloria, and Black Saturday (in the Philippines) or Easter Eve, and called “Joyous Saturday”, “the Saturday of Light”, and “Mega Sabbatun” among Coptic Christians, is the final day of Holy Week, between Good Friday and Easter Sunday, when Christians prepare for the latter. The day commemorates the Harrowing of Hell while Jesus Christ‘s body lay in the tomb. Christians of the Catholic, Lutheran, Methodist, Anglican and Reformed denominations begin the celebration of the Easter Vigil service on Holy Saturday, which provides a transition to the season of Eastertide; in the Moravian Christian tradition, graves are decorated with flowers during the day of Holy Saturday and the celebration of the sunrise service starts before dawn on Easter Sunday.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holy_Saturday
He replied, “Because you have so little faith. Truly I tell you, if you have faith as small as a mustard seed, you can say to this mountain, ‘Move from here to there,’ and it will move. Nothing will be impossible for you.”
Mat 17:20