ABSTRACT
Christians living through and now beyond the twentieth century have discovered that the Shoah, evil in extremis, poses new questions about our most trusted affirmations and our most familiar mantras. In attempting to respond to such questions, we may discover too that the freightedness of familiar Christian rhetoric is heavy and deep, and admits of readings and hearings that are heavier and deeper than we had yet been pressed to notice. The following discussion considers the way in which the reality of the Shoah disrupts the rhythm of even the most elemental claims of Christian faith, in particular the decisiveliturgical and theological move from the Cross on Good Friday to the Resurrection on Easter Sunday. In between these two days lies Saturday, the second day.This day in between is a day of death, and a day of interminable waiting. Thinking about the implications of the Shoah for Christian lifeand faith has led me to rethink also the importance of this day.
