Jesus is laid in the tomb

Station Fourteen

– Jesus is laid in the tomb –

Jesus, your body is prepared for burial. Joseph gave you his own tomb. He laid your body there and rolled a large stone in front of it, then went home. What a sad day it has been for so many people.

Sometimes we can be selfish. We can accumulate things and keep them for ourselves. We try to make sure we have what we want before we share what we have with anybody else.

Help us think of Joseph of Arimathea, who risked his own life as he accepted Jesus’ body for burial. Help us think of how Joseph loved Jesus so much that he gave him his own tomb.

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O God, your blessed Son was laid in a tomb in a garden and rested on the Sabbath day: Grant that we who have been buried with him in the waters of baptism may find our perfect rest in his eternal and glorious kingdom; where he lives and reigns for ever and ever. Amen.