4th April 2026
He will swallow up death for ever.
Hallelujah
The Lord God will wipe away the tears from all their faces.
Hallelujah.
The disgrace of his people he will take away.
Hallelujah.
(Isaiah 25:8)
A reading from Matthew 27:57-61
As evening approached, there came a rich man from Arimathea, named Joseph, who had himself become a disciple of Jesus. Going to Pilate, he asked for Jesus’ body, and Pilate ordered that it be given to him. Joseph took the body, wrapped it in a clean linen cloth, and placed it in his own new tomb that he had cut out of the rock. He rolled a big stone in front of the entrance to the tomb and went away. Mary Magdalene and the other Mary were sitting there opposite the tomb.
Holy Saturday.
A day of waiting.
A day when the story pauses,
holds its breath,
readies itself and …
But below the surface,
hidden from view,
in another timeframe …
maybe ….
another chapter is unfolding.
Jesus does not rest.
He descended to the dead –
To break apart the prison bars.
To split open gates that are locked.
To smash the chains that bind.
To harrow the stony ground of hell.
Jesus will not rest
till the dead are raised
and the prisoners released,
till the oppressed go free
and hell is razed.
Hallelujah!
The Grace
The Green Tau 