"Go to hell"- An Easter Saturday reflection...

We bring you Monsignor Peter Fleetwood's reflection for Easter Saturday by the intriguing title of "Go to hell"!

.."The only time apart from occasional phrases in gospel readings that hell is mentioned in Church is if we say the shorter version of the proclamation of faith, what we call the Apostle's Creed. After Jesus was crucified, dead and buried, Christians have continued with the words: 'he descended into hell'. In other words after the crucifixion, death and burial of Jesus which we remember on Good Friday , the Apostle's Creed states that Jesus descended into hell before rising on Easter Sunday. That explains why Holy Saturday is such an empty day. The day before Easter is the day when Jesus is totally absent from this world, the only day between his conception and his ascension into heaven..."

A programme produced by Veronica Scarisbrick
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