Do we understate the cruelty – v2

We speak of them as nails

what held Christ to the cross

do we understate man’s cruelty

by naming them as this

More like spikes, heavy, thick

that which would be strong enough

something that holds railroad ties

for the weight of a human life

The thought of spikes, not nails

driven into Jesus, into Christ

the mall, the club, the hammer

nailing him to that tree

Not so dainty, brutal,

these three nails that held him

hanging from the cross

at the Place of the Skull

Edited September 15, 2013

Do we understate the cruelty – v2

April 6, 2012

Do we understate the cruelty

http://raymondafoss.blogspot.com/2012/04/do-we-understate-cruelty.html

Isaiah 52:13-53:12

Matthew 27:24-61

Mark 15:16-47

Luke 23:20-56

John 19:1-42

Good Friday prayer vigil

Suncook United Methodist Church

Suncook, NH

&

Good Friday service

Luke 23:39-46

John 13:34, 35 (Prayer of Confession)

John 12:47b; John 13:1b (Assurance of Foregiveness)

and Service of Tenebrae

Pastor Ruth L. Foss

Suncook United Methodist Church

Suncook, NH

April 6, 2011

&

Tenebrae – The Service of Shadows

1. THE SHADOW OF BETRAYAL

Matthew 26:20-25

2. THE SHADOW OF INNER AGONY

Luke 22:40-44
3. THE SHADOW OF LONELINESS

 Matthew 26:40-45
4. THE SHADOW OF DESERTION

Matthew 26:47-50, 55, 56
5. THE SHADOW OF ACCUSATION

Matthew 26:59-67
6. THE SHADOW OF MOCKERY

Mark 15:12-20
7. THE SHADOW OF DEATH

Luke 23:33-46

Hymn: Were You There… (United Methodist Hymnal #288)

FINAL READING
John 1:1-4

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