Good Friday Reflections

First posted March 27,  2013

Crucifixion

The bread and cup
             were passed

Thus, the ordeal began.

    A furtive meeting
           A quiet garden
                  Filled with prayer and anguish

     Sleeping men.

            And, then

      The sounds of rushing men
              intent on duty.

          A kiss
              The strike of a sword

                                And healing.

        Fearful men.

                       Trial
                              Denial
                                       Mockery

A night filled with uncertainty
                  for many
    Though not for 
                          One.

    He is sure of the outcome.
            And the purpose

          Purple robes
                Crown of thorns

         Cross to bear.

Through the streets
             Jeering crowds

   A contrast to those
         crowds victorious,
                  worshipful,
                         mere days ago.

        And, then,

               Desolation.

           The pain of
                    flesh and spirit torn

            The torment of sin,
              though not His own
                           The agony of this labour.

                     Death brings completion.

               "It is finished."

        Katherine Kavanagh Hoffman