Holy Saturday, March 22, 2008
Psalm 17; Matthew 27:57-66Prayer for Holy Saturday
O God, Creator of heaven and earth: Grant that, as the crucified body of your dear Son was laid in the tomb and rested on this holy Sabbath, so we may await with him the coming of the third day, and rise with him to newness of life; who now lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.
Whoever mocks and reviles Jesus, whoever plots and conspires against the Lord, his purposes, or his people will in the end be frustrated and fail. Whether disciples (Judas), religious (chief priests, elders, scribes, Pharisees, Caiaphas), populous (crowds, the "world"), political (Pilate), prisoners (the crucified robbers), or the powerful (Roman soldiers) - we can rest in Jesus. We can trust in the Lord, and his victorious suffering and triumphant death. He has made a public spectacle of them and triumphed over them all in his cross. He will make all things right, and we shall rise with him.
As for me, I shall behold your face in righteousness;
when I awake, I shall be satisfied with your likeness.
(Psalm 17:15)
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