Death and Resurrection

Everyone’s Good Friday

All I have is stripped away.
I stand alone,
Naked,
Naked in this wilderness,
Waiting,
Waiting for some ray of hope,
Some light to touch me.

Oh God, I pray,
Save me.

Everyone’s Easter

The stone is rolled away.
I am free
To see the grace
That touches all I am
And lives in me.
Hope once more restored,
Light so white I barely see.

O God, I pray,
Arise in me.

By Helen Welter

(Helen Welter is a member of St. Barnabas Parish in Indianapolis.) †

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