Suffering With Joy

Fourteenth Station: Jesus Is Laid in the Tomb

March 23, 2010

Burial, 1308-11, Duccio di Buoninsegna (b. ca. 1255, Siena, d. 1319, Siena) Tempera on wood, Museo dell'Opera del Duomo, Siena

Jesus is Laid in the Tomb

V.  We adore Thee, O Christ, and we praise Thee.

R.  Because by Thy holy cross Thou hast redeemed the world.

And Joseph, having taken down the body of Jesus, wrapped it up in a clean linen cloth, and laid it in his own new tomb which he had hewn out in a rock.  And he rolled a great stone to the door of the tomb.¹

V.  Thou wilt not leave my soul in hell.

R.  Nor wilt Thou give Thy holy one to see corruption.²

Let Us Pray

O God, who hast left us a record of Thy passion in the holy shroud, / wherein Joseph wrapped Thy sacred body when taken down from the cross: / mercifully grant that through Thy death and burial / we may be brought to the glory of Thy resurrection. / Who livest and reignest forever and ever.  Amen.³

Hymn:  Christ, when Thou shalt call me hence, be Thy mother my defense, by Thy cross my victory.

While my body here decays, may my soul Thy goodness praise, safe in paradise with Thee.

¹ Mt. 27: 59-60. ² Ps. 15:10. ³ Collect, Feast of the Holy Shroud.

Tags: Stations of the Cross

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