Here’s
a blessing for Good Friday from Jan L. Richardson’s The Painted Prayerbook website.
Song of the Winding Sheet
We
never
would
have wished it
to
come to this
yet
we call
these
moments holy
as
we hold you
Holy
the tending
holy
the winding
holy
the leaving
as
in the living
Holy
the silence
holy
the stillness
holy
the turning
and
returning to earth.
Blessed
is the one
who
came
in
the name
blessed
is the one
who
laid
himself
down
blessed
is the one
emptied
for us
blessed
is the one
wearing
the shroud.
Holy
the waiting
holy
the grieving
holy
the shadows
and
gathering night
Holy
the darkness
holy
the hours
holy
the hope
turning
toward light.
~
written by Jan L. Richardson, and posted on The Painted Prayerbook. http://paintedprayerbook.com/
