In some ways, it can be difficult to understand, to experience, what this day means for Catholic Christians. It is a somber day; a quiet day. It some sense, an empty day. We reflect on the events of Holy Thursday, the anguish of Good Friday. Jesus Christ, our Lord and Savior, was laid in a tomb.

Even though I know “the rest of the story:” I am always somewhat somber on this day. There have been years when the feeling has not been as intense, but it there.

I look forward now to Easter dawn! To the hope that comes with it. That “Hosannas” will sound out, in my community; in my Church; in my heart and in my soul.