Jesus Is Laid in the Tomb

“He took the body down, wrapped it in a linen cloth, and laid him in a tomb cut into the rock, where no one had ever yet been buried. It was the day of Preparation, and the sabbath was beginning to dawn. The women who had followed Jesus from Galilee went along with Joseph. They took note of the tomb and saw how his body was laid. Then the women went home and prepared perfumed oils and spices. But on the sabbath they rested as the Law commanded.” (cf. Lk 23:53-56)

Look

Friday evening. The sabbath is about to begin, so everything has to be done in haste: the linen cloth, the tomb cut into the rock where no one had yet been buried, the stone rolled across the entrance (cf. Mk 15:46). The women from Galilee look carefully at where his body is laid, then go home to prepare perfumed oils, and rest as the Law commands. The road stops here, in front of the closed tomb. Don't hurry past it. Tonight, stay in silence with what has happened.

Ask your heart

Is there something in your life that is “closed” like the tomb, where all you can do is wait with the Lord?

One small thing

Tonight, turn off your phone fifteen minutes earlier and sit quietly in front of a crucifix before you go to sleep.