The Stillness of Saturday (Raymond A. Foss Poem)
An uneasy Sabbath not rest for the disciples the stillness of Saturday mourning, in silence Christ dead, in the grave ...
An uneasy Sabbath not rest for the disciples the stillness of Saturday mourning, in silence Christ dead, in the grave ...
Only in walking where he stepped traveling with Jesus walking as a disciple with him only in slowing our steps ...
The week not yet finished not yet the victory of Easter the joy of our Sunday when the Christ rose ...
Clothed in brilliant linen at the dawning of the day words of the angel to assuage their fears He is ...
After the others extinguished the seven to match his words his time on the cross coming fast to a close ...
Over and over again in the words of this week the scripture so deeply reading his story The different players ...
Deserting the savior their shepherd and master running away into the night leaving him in their hands The disciples in ...
The blind disciples scattering into the night the shepherd captured all the sheep lost not knowing where to go Deserting ...
There in their presence Christ answering the charge boldly proclaiming his identity fulfilling all prophecy the Messiah in their midst ...
Handed over by Pilate appeasing the shouts of the crowd handing the innocent the lamb of God over to be ...
Even the lowly criminal the thief upon the cross rebuking his neighbor when he mocked the Lord Knowing he had ...
Christ alone in his agony alone, awake in the garden just a stone's throw beyond them but a world away ...
Like the blood of Abel crying out from the earth his sweat like blood falling heavy to the ground His ...
In his time of trial temptation to turn from the path they were sleeping in danger his all too human ...
The disciples with them all but the betrayer in the garden with our savior sleeping while he prayed Unable to ...
Christ confident, waking the sleeping disciples greeting the betrayer and the guard who came to hold him to bring him ...
The candle of the Christ-child the man upon the cross burning brightly while we were praying through the vigil burning ...
As the day gave way to night sitting silently, each one in the darkened sanctuary prayerful, meditating letting the world ...
At the table with them one of the disciples chosen by Christ to be the betrayer turnings him over to ...
Seeing what they would not wanting to be blind to deny the possibility that the prophecy had been fulfilled that ...
Christ standing before them in the middle of the night the Passover fading his prayers in the garden not in ...
Prayerfully hoping that I would ever be faithful following the true message of scripture seeing what they could not Christ ...
Sentenced, in a trial upside down held in secret, in the night sentenced to death for speaking the truth they ...
In the dock that night a singular defendant God of the people being accused of blasphemy not in the pillar ...
In Claiming His Name holy and true the die cast and the judgment made the corruption of the leaders plain ...
The leaders, those in power blind to the truth that the Messiah had come unable to accept to see him ...
Standing before the leaders silent before the false testimony resolute, knowing the true the son of God, of man In ...
A false accusation lies before the Sanhedrin blamed for blasphemy when he only spoke the word of God the truth ...
Falsely accused trumped up charges claims that would not stick the lies of the witnesses not holding water Falsely accused ...
Unfairly accused in the mockery of the trial in secret, in the night the righteous acting unjustly Scheming to catch ...
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