Between Cross & Resurrection: A Theology of Holy Saturday - Alan E. Lewis
The gospel story can be compressed to three days – Good Friday, Holy Saturday, and Easter Sunday. Christ’s relation to each day is expressed in Paul’s summary of the gospel: Christ died on Good Friday, Christ lay in the tomb on Holy Saturday, and Christ rose on Easter Sunday. During Holy Week, Good Friday and Easter Sunday usually receive the bulk of our attention. Holy Saturday is generally ignored, primarily because we fail to see its significance. Holy Saturday exists between “Good Friday’s terror and abandonment and Easter Sunday’s impossible new possibility” (ix). It serves as a boundary between the days, and like all good boundaries, it conjoins what it also divides. (66) It is the “empty space” of Holy Saturday that brings together the extremes of Cross and Resurrection. For my extended summary of this incredible book, click HERE.