Luke 23:50-56 NRSVue
50Now there was a good and righteous man named Joseph who, though a member of the council, 51had not agreed to their plan and action. He came from the Jewish town of Arimathea, and he was waiting expectantly for the kingdom of God. 52This man went to Pilate and asked for the body of Jesus. 53Then he took it down, wrapped it in a linen cloth, and laid it in a rock-hewn tomb where no one had ever been laid. 54It was the day of Preparation, and the Sabbath was beginning., 55The women who had come with him from Galilee followed, and they saw the tomb and how his body was laid. 56Then they returned and prepared spices and ointments.
On the Sabbath they rested according to the commandment.
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Further reflection
I keep in my prayer today all who are waiting, thinking of people who await decisions, refugees, prisoners, patients. I review my own capacity to wait, recognising what it costs me, humbly asking God for what I need.
The followers of Jesus did everything they could to show him honour and respect. They recognised the limits of what they could do and rested, quietly waiting, hopefully trusting. I take this ‘Tomb Day” as time for me to know how to rest and trust when I have done all that is right for me to do.