As We Wait...

On that first Good Friday night                                                                                                                                                   what a sad and lonely sight                                                                                                                                                       must have been seen in some room                                                                                                                                         where mourners went to from the tomb.

Did they for comfort each embrace
with tears ling’ring on each face?
Was the sure hope of Easter strong
as for their Master they did long?

Did they believe that He would rise?
or did sorrow keep this from their eyes?
Depending on the answers here
there would be hope or troubled fear.

Regardless, there’d be sorrow to share
and loneliness for each to bear..
The night would close, and the new day
would bring more sorrow on their way.

As the Church relives this time,
hope of Easter sure does shine;
yet she does still participate
in this solemn pascal wait.     

From Our Franciscan Fiat