GOOD FRIDAY: THE SUN HAS SET

 

THE SUN HAS SET

The sun has set.

Our Son has walked into the night,

And that night was dark, indeed,

Made the more opaque

By one man’s treachery

That manoeuvred our sinfulness unto his death.

Our Son has walked into the night,

Laid himself down,

And now is still in death.

Sleep on, Saviour sweet!

Brave Warrior of our freedom’s battle;

Hero of our redemption’s drama.

Sleep on, dear Son and Brother.

Yesterday and today you laboured;

A splendid work, indeed,

But the weight thereof

Has laid you low

In a stone sepulchre.

Yet take your rest,

Tonight and another.

Yahweh once rested

At the close of the original creation;

Why not you

On the threshold of the new?

So sleep, sweet Prince,

And take your rest.

Tomorrow and a day will bring the dawn.

And with the dawn new life.

Then you will be King!

For our Son will rise again!

 - Fr. Mervyn Carapiet