Silent Saturday

 You think of Christ being dead for three days, but really he was only dead for one full day. He died at 3:00 pm on Friday, and was resurrected just as the sun rose on Sunday. So the only full day Christ was dead for was Saturday, which was the Sabbath.  The scriptures doesn't say anything about Saturday. It  can be assumed that Christ's disciples observed the sabbath, it can be assumed they wept for the loss, some might assume they hid. However it doesn't say. So Saturday is the day that we talk about Easter in The Book of Mormon. In the past we have read, Three Days without Light: a Nephite Easter Story. I highly recommend it.

This year, we did a Book of Mormon version of the resurrection eggs. My sister gave these to me a few years back. I will have to see if she still has the file to attach.

  I love taking a day and talking about how Christ is the Savior for the whole world, no matter who you are and where you live.  I love talking about how the experiences and testimonies of those in Jerusalem are different from those in the Americas, But Christ came to them all. He loved them all and we are one big happy family.

Did you know that there are also traditions in England that Christ came to visit the remnants of Ephraim on the British Iles after he was resurrected?

William Blake talks of this in his hymn "Jersalem"

And did those feet in ancient time,
Walk upon England's  mountains green:
And was the holy Lamb of God,
On England's pleasant pastures seen!

Truly there are even other sheep he visited. It would be fun to sing this hymn, and discuss how Jesus visited many of his sheep at this time.

The last thing we always do on Saturday night is make  Resurrection rolls for breakfast on Easter, Sometimes we make resurrection cookies instead of rolls, or in addition on a different day. I love the ressurection cookies you can get the recipe for resurrection cookies in one of my favorite resources for Christ-Centered Easters on Amazon.

Resurrection Rolls

Ingredients

1 package of crescent roll dough
Bag of big marshmallows
melted butter
cinnamon sugar

Instructions.

Preheat the oven as directed on the crescent roll package

1. Take a Marshmallow, talk about how it is white just like Jesus is white and clean and pure.  When He died his friends took him down and anointed him with oil.  (dip the Marshmallow in the melted butter.)

2.  Then they prepared his body for burial with spices. Typically this would have been hundreds of pounds of spices.  (then roll the marshmallow in the cinnamon and sugar)

3.  Then they wrapped his body in linens. (wrap the marshmallow up in the crescent roll).

place on cookie sheet with parchment paper.

Have each of the kids repeat the story as they do their own.

4. After his body was prepared he was placed in the tomb and the door was shut. (put in the oven and shut the door . .  Cook for 8-10 minutes).

5.  In the morning when his friends went to visit his tomb they found that he was gone. (when you take them out of the oven allow them to cool for a few minutes until they can be handled, the kids can see that the marshmallow is gone.let them eat the roll while is is warm and tasty)