The disciples were frightened.
The women were thinking about how they could embalm Jesus' body the next day.
The soldiers were keeping watch.
The religious leaders were celebrating the sabbath and their victory.
what happens is Mary is going to anoint the body and when she got there the body was gone. Mary was crying so badly she didn't realize that the person she was talking to her was actually Jesus himself!
Holy Saturday is part of the Easter season.
They don't, Easter Saturday is the Saturday following Easter. Holy Saturday is the day before Easter.
It can be called Palm Sunday or Passion Sunday.
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Morning Prayer ( Liturgy of the Hours). There is no Mass on Holy Saturday, before the Easter Vigil.
Nothing, of course a cross is not normally used in the Catholic Church, it is a Crucifix, and it is still there on Holy Saturday.
Black Saturday sometimes is used to refer to Holy Saturday, the day before Easter Sunday. It is rarely used, at least, in the United States.
It is not sung on Holy Saturday until the Easter Vigil Mass that evening;then it is sung after the reading of the Epistle
The crucifix is covered on Good Friday and Holy Saturday to represent Jesus being in the tomb.
April 9, 2009
Holy Saturday
Holy Saturday