When it was evening, there came a rich man from Arimathea, named Joseph, who was also a disciple of Jesus. He went to Pilate and asked for the body of Jesus; then Pilate ordered it to be given to him. So Joseph took the body and wrapped it in a clean linen cloth and laid it in his own new tomb, which he had hewn in the rock. He then rolled a great stone to the door of the tomb and went away. Mary Magdalene and the other Mary were there, sitting opposite the tomb.
The next day, that is, after the day of Preparation, the chief priests and the Pharisees gathered before Pilate and said, "Sir, we remember what that impostor said while he was still alive, `After three days I will rise again.' Therefore command the tomb to be made secure until the third day; otherwise his disciples may go and steal him away, and tell the people, `He has been raised from the dead,' and the last deception would be worse than the first." Pilate said to them, "You have a guard of soldiers; go, make it as secure as you can." So they went with the guard and made the tomb secure by sealing the stone. Matthew 27:57-66
Holy Saturday
Waiting, watching as the rain sputters
tears of heaven's broken heart
the greed, the selfishness of humanity
we weep to see the turth of our ways.
Joesph comes to take the precious body away
to prepare, wash and entomb the world's savior
trying to bring dignity and honor where there in none
aching to close this sorrowful, ugly chapter.
Love that conquers all still needs time
time to break the seed's shell again
to break through the cold spring's earth
life is full of watching and waiting in the rain.
We abide between seasons of waiting and watching
times of heavy labor and times of deep silence
this vigil of life requires us to look upon the tomb
see that there is more to come as we await new life.
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