Holy Saturday: April 15, 2017

Holy Saturday

April 15, 2017

Vigil of Easter, 8:30 pm

Romans 6:3-11; John 20:1-18

Jesus is laid in the tomb

Here at the centre everything is still,

Before the stir and movement of our grief

That bears its pain with rhythm, ritual,

Beautiful useless gestures of relief.

So they anoint the skin that cannot feel

And soothe his ruined flesh with tender care,

Kissing the wounds they know they cannot heal,

With incense scenting only empty air.

He blesses every love that weeps and grieves,

And makes our grief the pangs of a new birth.

The love that's poured in silence at old graves,

Renewing flowers, tending the bare earth,

Is never lost. In him all love is found

And sown with him, a seed in the rich ground.

Malcolm Guite, (Sounding the Seasons, p. 43)

Create in me a clean heart, O God, and renew a right spirit within me. Amen

• Visit someone. Take them some hot cross buns for their Easter feast.