A Prayer For Holy Saturday

A Prayer for Holy Saturday

The Saturday before Easter

O Lord, we rest in our humanity

And give thanks for the family

You have given us

As we sit together in this life.

We wait in the silence,

In the stillness,

And wonder where You are

In the quiet wanderings

Of our souls.

Today we remember Your burial

And sit in the mystery.

We marvel at how You made a way

When all seemed lost.

Today we remember those who cared for You—

The women and men

Who tended to Your earthly body—

And we thank You for the ways

You have created us

To care for one another

With tenderness

And great compassion.

We pray for our children, Lord.

On this day we once again

Reflect on our humanity—

On the frailty of life,

On the mystery of Your love,

On the great mutuality of

Journeying through life together.

Take this simple prayer

As we pray for our children.

May they hold space for sorrow

As well as hope.

May they hold space for pain

As well as healing.

Lord, may they know You

And seek You.

Lord, may they know Your time

Is not our time,

And in the fears of

What now? and How can we go on?

May they know You are near.

O Lord, may our children

Begin to fathom a love

Not bound by earth’s constraints

Of time and space.

May they feel Your presence

In the waiting.

May their lives on this planet

Be surrounded by those who love them.

May they sense You in the unknowing.

May they know Your love

Traverses all things.

Help us hold on to the promise

That You are good,

That You are who You say You are,

Even when we can’t see You,

Even when we don’t know

What tomorrow brings.

Lamentations 3:1-9, 19-24; Psalm 31:1-4, 15-16