All is quiet now and very still. He lies dead in the tomb.
It was good while it lasted but now the great adventure ends in gloom.
People thought He was the Messiah who has come to save His people.
But He came to an ignominious end. His mission has been doomed.
His disciples and the apostles have all scurried away.
One betrayed Him and another was asked if he knew Him and said “No way.”
He was condemned just as a common criminal.
And He was made to suffer and die like an animal.
Now all hope is lost but might have there been a fluttering in His mother’s heart?
He said he was going to rise again and show them eternal life.
Mary who was dear to Him must have had a sneaking suspicion
that the Jesus she loved will fulfill all His predictions.
I am a coward and I have died a thousand times.
In my cowardice I have sought courage and strength from this man in the tomb.
And indeed He has brought me back to life many many times.
Up till now and from the moment He formed me in my mother’s womb.
He who made the earth and all of the universe
Is Lord of the light, of the land and of life that does not end.
I pray that His grace burst forth in the glory of the Resurrection
and let His life-giving Spirit upon me descend.
The earth is full of the goodness of the Lord.
In the beginning, when God created the heavens and the earth,
the earth was a formless wasteland, and darkness covered the abyss,
while a mighty wind swept over the waters.
Then God said,
“Let there be light,” and there was light.
God saw how good the light was.
God then separated the light from the darkness.
God called the light “day,” and the darkness he called “night.”
Thus evening came, and morning followed—the first day.
Then God said,
“Let the water under the sky be gathered into a single basin,
so that the dry land may appear.”
And so it happened:
the water under the sky was gathered into its basin,
and the dry land appeared.
God called the dry land “the earth, “
and the basin of the water he called “the sea.”
God saw how good it was.
Genesis 1:1-9