A Holy Saturday Reflection

Westminster Abbey by Westminster Abbey

Apr 3, 20264:41Government & Organizations

'To talk of ‘descent’ is, of course, a metaphor – the closest we can get to understanding what is going on. But Holy Saturday is when this metaphor must yield to another; of rising, of being raised. The descent into the...

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