Jesus, Buried
When [Pilate] learned from the centurion that [Jesus] was dead, he granted the body to Joseph [of Arimathea]. Then Joseph bought a linen cloth, and taking down the body, wrapped it in the linen cloth, and laid it in a tomb that had been hewn out of the rock. He then rolled a stone against the door of the tomb. Mary Magdalene and Mary the mother of Joses saw where the body was laid.
Mark 15: 45-47
We wander this day for Jesus is dead and God mourns.
Jesus, so many names—Messiah, Son of the Blessed One, King of the Jews, one of Nazareth. Jesus, so many experiences, so many roles—teacher, prophet, priest, anointed, crucified. Today you are buried. Death is real. Life is ended. We have killed Jesus. Only you God, you who cry this day, can save. We wait. Amen.
Picture: "Graves in Dark Sly" Clonmacnoise, Ireland, 2000
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