Read the passage and respond to these questions:
            1.  What day of the week is described here?
            2.  What fears are reflected in the actions of the people in this story?
As The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe begins, Narnia is shrouded in a Winter that never arrives at Christmas.  With this image, C. S. Lewis brilliantly captures the feelings of Holy Saturday, the day in-between Good Friday and Resurrection Sunday.  On Friday, the sky turned black, and Jesus cried out, relinquishing his spirit in death.  The disciples who had abandoned him were already overcome by fear and hopelessness. But when the Temple curtain tore (Matthew 27:51) and the sun stopped shining (Matthew 27:45), even the cowardly followers in the distance knew that it was over. Their Teacher was gone, and they lost hope.
But if they had been listening (and maybe they did harbor this hope, we just don’t know), they would have realized, “It’s Friday, but Sunday’s comin’!” (to quote Tony Campolo).¼br /> Holy Saturday is a gift I have treasured since childhood.  I grew up in a large Catholic parish, where the events of Holy Week were recounted in worship and ritual that impressed upon me the weight of Jesus’ sacrifice.  On Good Friday, after the midday service, the communion elements were removed from the church, all decorations stripped from the altar, and all candles extinguished.  I would come in on Saturday to practice the organ for Easter Sunday, and every year it hit me again.  Jesus had died, and this is what it felt like to his disciples:  empty, aimless, wondering “what did his life mean?”
Seasons in a person’s life can feel like Holy Saturday, too.  All you have known recently is tragedy and loss, and hope has not entered the picture yet.  Or perhaps you have endured an extended period of spiritual wilderness, a “dark night of the soul.”  You wonder if you will ever again feel the joy of Christ’s companionship.  It is in this season of life we remember Holy Saturday, and trust that again the glory and majesty of the risen Christ will be revealed.
Prayer
Lord, don’t let me lose heart when I cannot see you.  Help me to trust in your plan and purposes, and await your coming.