Give Me a Sight
The Crowd (1)
Mean, angry, merciless
They condemn the One they hardly know
Mob-rule, crowd-confident
The Religious Leaders
Callous, pitiless
They sneer
Too proud to see,
Blinded by hypocrisy
The Soldiers
Brutal, cruel
They torture
Heartless
They divide up clothes
Cowardly
They mock
JESUS
Meekly
He submits
Mother Mary
Overwhelmed in grief
She wails
John the Beloved
Devastated, speechless
He watches
Mary Magdalene
Heart-broken
She collapses
Criminal (1)
Desperate? Resentful? Unseeing, uncomprehending
He insults
Criminal (2)
Meaculpa
Perceiving truth
He reaches out in faith
JESUS
Forsaken
He breathes His last
The Centurion
Discerning
He praises God
The Crowd (2)
Confused
They beat their breasts
And take their leave
Joseph of Arimathea
Brave, generous, respectful
He carries the body
Caring and loving
He anoints and wraps the body
And lays it in a tomb
Me
‘O make me understand it
Help me to take it in
What it meant to Thee, the Holy One
To take away my sin’*
Catriona Foster
Good Friday 2/4/21
*Title and final verse taken from the hymn ‘O make me understand it’ by Kathryn Kelly