Good Friday – Behold the Wood

 I wrote the below after attending Good Friday services at my parish in 2001.  I was on the front pew and watched as everyone processed forward to venerate the cross.  The only music playing was a cello.

 

BEHOLD THE WOOD

 

Oh did you know?

Yes, you must have known.

Exactly the hour.

The day you died for me.

 

I celebrate

 

We come forward

Form all walks of life

Couples holding hands

Parents toting children

Friends together

Coming two by two

 

I celebrate

 

Even the frail, the weak, the lame

Walking with a cane

Assisted in wheelchairs

The Deacon’s helping hands

“Come all ye heavy laden, I will give you rest . . .”

 

I celebrate

 

Bended knees and signs of faith

Gently lean to kiss the wood

Some reverent and some playful

From aged feeble steps

To children’s joyful skipping

We come

 

I celebrate

 

The cello swells up and down

My heart beats in rhythm

I watch them come

 

And I celebrate.

 

 

- Stfrancisgirl

Good Friday 4/13/01