LBW #479, stanza 3, “My Faith Looks Up to Thee”
Devotion
Wipe sorrow’s tears away, Nor let me ever stray from thee aside.
Saturday is the great fast, the time for meditation, reflection, anticipation and preparation. Christ has become “the Lamb of Calvary.” There is now a new shadow thrown by the coming light of Easter, and in this shadow we “remember well the future God has called us to receive” (Susan Cherwien, O Blessed Spring, p. 109). “Be still and know that I am God [even in my absence].”
Prayer
Still our hearts, O God, and hear us while we pray. Amen.