JESUS IS LAID IN THE TOMB

 

Presider:

We adore You, O Christ, and we praise You . .

All:

(Genuflect)            Because by Your holy Cross You have redeemed the world.

Presider:

Joseph of Arimathea takes the body of Jesus and with the help of other disciples wraps it in clean linen and lays it in a new tomb.

A large stone is rolled against the tomb’s  entrance.  The disciples and Mary, the Mother of Jesus, depart.

To those who do not understand, to those who have not been listening, Jesus’ life seems over, a failure, a disgrace.

How often do we see only the surface actions of others?  How often do we bury their good intentions in our 

unreasonable demands and critical judgments?

Let us pray . . .

All:

(Kneel)            Jesus, / teach us not to make hasty or harsh assessments / of the motives of one another. / In our 

attempts to eliminate rough edges / give us the wisdom not to bury that which is good.  Strengthen us / as we support and encourage one another.

All:

(Stand)             Jesus, Risen, be our lover, In your Food and in our Brother. Lead us home to heaven with You.

INTRODUCTION    STATION 1    STATION 2    STATION 3    STATION 4    STATION 5    STATION 6    STATION 7

STATION 8    STATION 9    STATION 10    STATION 11    STATION 12    STATION 13    STATION 14    CLOSING