Jot down the first thing that comes to your mind.
Silent Saturday
Robin Mark (song writer from Belfast) penned these words
‘Were heaven’s praises silent in those hours of darkness?Your Holy Spirit brooding round that empty throne?Until the declaration “He is Risen”, You are risen, Jesus,”He is not dead, behold He lives for evermore
The cross oh the wonderful cross!’
Today is sometimes called Silent Saturday. The day between Good Friday, the day we remember Jesus dying on the cross and Easter Sunday, the day we celebrate the resurrect of Jesus. Could it be possible that even the praises of heaven were quiet as they contemplated the out working of the Divine plan and waited for Jesus to return.
There were no fresh revelations, just time – a full day! For Peter there must have been regret. For
many of those who loved & followed Jesus, fear, grief and processing of all that they had seen. Was there a collective avoidance of looking ahead? What could possibly be ahead for them? Not a return to an old life, already cast aside because of Jesus. But this new life seemed. to have ….failed??
How often are we in this place?? more than we care to admit! Because it is the reality of a life of faith. There are days (i call them wilderness times) where hope seems uncertain.
I was ill for years – there were many wilderness times between diagnosis and healing (13 years in fact). There were silent times where i wondered what could be ahead. But for those with faith (even faltering faith with tears and confusion) there comes a beautiful Sunday – a new life filled with Joy and Life.
AngeLisa Crafts 
Yes, those lyrics come from Robin Mark’s powerful worship song “Silent Saturday.” He’s known for his deep and reflective songwriting, and in Silent Saturday, he beautifully captures the tension and mystery of the day between Good Friday and Easter Sunday — the “in-between” time when hope seemed lost, and heaven appeared silent.
The lines you mentioned:
“Were heaven’s praises silent in those hours of darkness?
Your Holy Spirit brooding round that empty throne?”
— are deeply poetic and theological. They reflect on the stillness of that Saturday, the emotional weight of waiting, and yet the unseen presence of God, even when all seems silent. The reference to the Holy Spirit “brooding” echoes Genesis 1:2 — “The Spirit of God was hovering over the waters” — suggesting that even in apparent silence, God was preparing something miraculous.
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