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Pilate to his wife, Claudia A Roman soldier speaks Rabbi Jochanan muses Mary speaks Simon complains Veronica reflects A Nazarene speaks They speak The Magdalene meditates Salome, mother of Zebedee's sons, watches A soldier talks to Jesus The centurion speaks John, the Beloved, speaks 14th Station Joseph of Arimathaea speaks |
The Way of the Cross 14 Voices heard in a crowd Poetry by W.G. Hughes Copyright © 1979 by W.G. Hughes |
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(Joseph of Arimathaea speaks)
Lift him up tenderly. Bear him with pride. Here is our Master, godsped to his glory. Titles shall be told of him, retold in story, How he preached Love to a whole countryside. Cross the broad valley now; climb the hill’s side. There, straight ahead, lies the depository Where we shall rest him, bathed clean of his gory Wounds and abrasions, and there he shall bide. Father, receive him: often he spoke of you, Bade us adore you and taught us to pray, Came as a sacrifice Love would consume; Only as such can we ever construe His life and his teachings including this day. The shell that is left we consign to this tomb.
V. We adore you, O Christ, and we praise you, R. Because by your holy cross you have redeemed the world.
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The Burial of Jesus