Walking with Jesus during Holy Week: Saturday Lying in a Tomb

It is the Sabbath, the day of rest; nothing can be done today. Jesus was buried yesterday evening quickly, quietly. The women saw where and were there; guards too were sent to seal and make secure the sepulcher. As you walk today let your heart be with a grieving father, a sorrowful mother, a frightened group of disciples, a resigned friend. You walk alone today.

The text is Matthew 27: 62-66.

59So Joseph took the body and wrapped it in a clean linen cloth 60and 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. 61Mary Magdalene and the other Mary were there, sitting opposite the tomb. (Matt. 27: 59 - 61)

Cemeteries can evoke all sorts of emotions. We come to remember, we come to honor, we come to cry. They are both of place of the living and of the dead. Be in one today.

Reflect in your entire being, mind, heart, body, and soul, what this day means to a living God. Is God crying?

Reflect on your journey this Lenten season. Who is the Jesus you now know? Who do you expect to meet on Easter morning? Who are you to him? Who is he for the world?