For them, trying to observe the Sabbath must have been like being in a straitjacket. You weren't allowed to walk more than a few hundred steps - which meant that they couldn't go to visit the tomb. All they could do was attend the Sabbath prayer service, and then sit around feeling numb.
But for us this is not an empty day. It is a day filled with expectation. We know something that the disciples of Jesus did not know on that long Saturday: Jesus has gone through death to rise life.
We are about to celebrate this great event, and because of the communion of saints, we celebrate it together with Mary, and Peter, James, John, Mary Magdalene - all who have gone before us.
You can take some time thinking about that ... my "life" connection with those who are with the Lord ... some of whom you knew personally on earth.
- Little Black Book, Diocese of Saginaw