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Podcast: Pope Francis Generation
Episode: From an Ancient Homily on Holy Saturday
Description: Every year on Holy Saturday the Church, in the Office of Readings, gives us a reading titled, “From an Ancient Homily on Holy Saturday.”
This is one of my favorite things ever written and praying with it has become a Holy Saturday radiation for me. I wanted to share it with you along with a short personal reflection.
This ancient homily is a description of the event we remember every time we say the Apostles Creed, Jesus Christ “descended into hell.”
Jesus is dead. His body is lying in a cold tomb. His friends are devastated and terrified. Jesus lost. He’s...