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Triduum’s Period
“Two things are said to test the seamanship of a sailor: a storm and a dead calm. As we arrive on Holy Saturday’s far shore of the Triduum’s (the period of Holy Thursday through the Saturday before Easter) troubled waters, we have these kinds of testing back to back. Good Friday’s squall is followed immediately by Saturday’s stone-dead calm. The emotional roller-coaster of these two days mimics the ups and downs of the spiritual life. How are temptations, ethical challenges,…