Hear our voice, O Lord, according to your faithful love.
Lectionary readings (Click the links to see the readings):
| Job 14.1-14 | Psalm 31.1-8 | 1 Peter 4.1-11 | Matthew 27.57-66 |
He Qi. (China/USA) Women arriving at the tomb ©2013 All rights reserved.
Thomas á Kempis. The imitation of Christ. Book 2, chapter 8.
The intimate friendship of Jesus
When Jesus is near, all is well and nothing seems difficult. When he is absent, all is hard. When Jesus does not speak within, all other comfort is empty, but if he says only a word, it brings great consolation.
Did not Mary Magdalen rise at once from her weeping when Martha said to her: "The Master is come, and calls for you?" (John 11:28) Happy is the hour when Jesus calls one from tears to joy of spirit.
How dry and hard you are without Jesus! How foolish and vain if you desire anything but him! Is it not a greater loss than losing the whole world? For what, without Jesus, can the world give you? Life without him is a relentless hell, but living with him is a sweet paradise. If Jesus be with you, no enemy can harm you.
Whoever finds Jesus finds a rare treasure, indeed, a good above every good, whereas whoever loses him loses more than the whole world. Whoever lives without Jesus is the poorest of the poor, but no one is so rich as whoever lives in his grace.
Tomas Luis de Victoria (1548-1611). Tenebrae Responsories, no. 18 Sepulto Domino
The Sixteen, directed by Harry Christophers.
Sepulto Domino, signatum est monumentum, volventes lapidem ad ostium monumenti: Ponentes milites, qui custodirent illum. Accedentes principes sacerdotum ad Pilatum, petierunt illum. Ponentes milites, qui custodirent illum. Sepulto Domino, signatum est monumentum, volventes lapidem ad ostium monumenti: Ponentes milites, qui custodirent illum. |
When the Lord was buried, they sealed up the tomb, rolling away a stone before the entrance to the sepulchre: Placing soldiers to guard it. The chief priests went to Pilate and petitioned him. Placing soldiers to guard it. When the Lord was buried, they sealed up the tomb, rolling away a stone before the entrance to the sepulchre: Placing soldiers to guard it. |
May God our Redeemer show us compassion and love. Amen.