SITTING OPPOSITE THE SEPULCHRE

PRAYER MOMENT

Holy Saturday 26 March 2016   

SITTING OPPOSITE THE SEPULCHRE

Pause. Enter into the stillness of God within.

Reading: “Now Mary of Magdala and the other Mary were there, sitting opposite the sepulchre.” (Matthew 27:61)

Reflection. What thoughts went through the disciples’ heads as they rested on that Sabbath day? “We had hoped he would be the one to set Israel free” (Luke 24:21) and now he is dead. What went wrong? We know people whose lives seemed a disaster. I am thinking of a disabled boy who “did nothing” and died aged 13 or one who got caught up in an abuse case and whose life plunged. And there are countless people we know who did not seem to “make it.” Holy Saturday is their day – and ours too. There is so little “to write home about” in our lives. And yet! And yet, there is tomorrow. Easter makes sense of everything.

Prayer. Lord, as we “rest” on the Sabbath open our eyes to the working of your love amongst us and fill us with hope. Amen