Lenten Devotions in Hard Economic Times

FORTIETH DAY OF LENT 
APRIL 3, Holy Saturday 
  
Lamentations 3: 22-23 
 

The steadfast love of the Most High never ceases,
Whose mercies never come to an end,
They are new every morning;
Great is Your faithfulness.
 
Like the earliest disciples,
We are so often stuck between
Crucifixion and resurrection,
Hope befogged with loss, grief, hesitancy,
      remorse for not having done more or
      having been more tenacious,
Hope choking for lack of clarity and oxygen,
As the tomb is sealed on Promise.
 
Wending through the anguish of death and betrayal,
The fond mercies of the Author of Life
Alight with preposterous hope
Among a disheveled and disoriented people.
 
The steadfast love of the Most High never ceases.
  

Lamentations cited from the New Revised Standard Version
 commentary in italic