Tag: Jesus in the Tomb

  • Courage – A Holy Saturday Sermon On John 19:38-42

    Courage – A Holy Saturday Sermon On John 19:38-42

    Today the shadow of Good Friday is long and dark. Yesterday’s nightmare did not end with this morning’s sunrise. If anything, today, Holy Saturday, only confirms what has been lost. It really did happen. The messenger of God’s love, peace, and nonviolence; the one who was anointed to bring good news to the poor, release Read more

  • What Have You Laid In The Tomb? – A Holy Saturday Sermon On John 19:38-42

    What Have You Laid In The Tomb? – A Holy Saturday Sermon On John 19:38-42

    “They laid Jesus there,” in the tomb (John 19:42). At one level that’s a literal-historical statement of what happened next. At another level it’s about you and me. We’ve all come to the tomb. We’ve laid in the tomb our family and friends, loves, hopes, dreams, relationships, parts of our selves and our lives. I… Read more

  • Holy Saturday: Weep Not For Me.

    Weep not for me, O Mother, beholding in the sepulcher the Son whom thou hast conceived without seed in thy womb. For I shall rise and shall be glorified, and as God I shall exalt in everlasting glory those who magnify thee with faith and love. O Son without beginning, in ways surpassing nature was Read more