Dr. Taylor Marshall

Holy Week is supposed to be difficult.

There's lots of fasting, long services, but it ends in joy that lasts for, again, another whole week.

those centuries which is the teaching the harrowing of hell that you know someone like King David or you know Isaiah the Prophet or Jeremiah these these great men of faith these prophets Esther they were waiting for the coming of the Messiah this is a long time I don't know how time works in the afterlife that's a mystery you know I don't know if they experienced it you know as centuries or how that happened but I

You know, we living now in 2024, we also are in, as you just said, we're in a valley of tears.

You know, many of us are dealing with loss of employment or cancer or broken relationships and addictions and problems and all these things.

And I think the important thing is that Christ pierced into the darkness.

Christ descended into hell and he forgets.

None of us.

And no matter how dark things are getting for you and and how difficult things are in this valley of tears.

I mean, we know we're not literally in hell, but sometimes it can feel like that.

The Lord Jesus Christ dies on the cross and he seeks for those that are lost.

And he is the fountain of all mercy.

He loves us and he pleads with us to come unto him and to cast our cares, cast our burdens onto him.

So this is a time of year.

I know a lot of people, sometimes they stop going to church or they kind of fall out of practice.

And then the Easter time, like, oh, I need to get back into it.

But

i think this is a great opportunity on holy saturday to recommit and say you know what i am going to get to mass tomorrow i am going to go to church i do want to live for christ he loves me and really the cure for all of our societal problems and our personal problems whether they're physical mental spiritual and all the way up to you know communism and socialism that's you know creeping in on our society

The only true answer for that is the way, the truth, and the life.

And Jesus says, I am the way, the truth, and the life.