Holy Saturday: what is its meaning?

Holy Week, one of the great Christian holidays, which in this period evokes the last days of the life of Jesus Christ.

Today is Great Saturday, which is a memorial day Jesus in the grave and his descent into the abyss.

It is said to be a day of silence, because “a great silence has covered the earth; great silence and great solitude”.

“Great silence, because the king is sleeping… land it is terrible and crushed, because God fell asleep in the flesh and woke up those who slept from ancient times”, says the Catechism of the Catholic Church, in the numbers that go from 631 to 637.

According to experts on the subject, this event closes Easter three days (Maundy Thursday, Maundy Friday and Maundy Saturday).

Before he was invited “Saturday of Glory”, but the liturgical reform of Holy Week undertaken by Pope Pius XII. she called it Holy Saturday.

Memorial Day is Holy Saturday Maria after the defeat his son, therefore it is a day of pain and sorrow, destined for silence, mourning and reflection, just as Mary and the disciples did at the tomb.

The Christian community watches over the grave in silence.

In this way, in Catholic Church Eucharists are not performed, bells do not ring, the sanctuary is open and empty, the altar is bare, and no sacrament is distributed except for the anointing of the sick and confession of sins, writes as.com.

Tonight, Easter vigil, act before Easter Sunday. This is the time to rejoice in the resurrection of Jesus.