We are not in control. Holy Saturday reminds us that most of life happens in the waiting, in the unresolved, in the stretch between what was and what may come. We do not get to skip the silence or the discomfort. We are called to stay present, to stop grasping for certainty, and to let the unknowing shape us. Much of our lives are spent in Holy Saturday places but we spend so much energy resisting, longing for resolution and closure. We often avoid these in-between places, but they are necessary. The work is to stay. To listen. To feel what surfaces. Letting go isn’t a failure—it’s an act of trust. We are learning to live with open hands, to carry the weight of loss without rushing toward answers. This is how we grow into people who can hold others through their own unsteady ground.
May we have the courage to remain present in the in-between,
trusting that even in uncertainty, we are being formed.
(inspired by Christine Valters Paintner, The Soul of a Pilgrim)