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Scripture Passage: John 19:38

“After this, Joseph of Arimithea…came and took his body.”

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Jesus is laid in the tomb and covered in incense. Station 14 of the Calvary of the Church of Our Lady of the Assumption (Villamelendro de Valdavia). — By Valdavia - Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=113494229

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I missed him when the sun began to bend;
I found him not when I had lost his rim;
With many tears I went in search of him,
Climbing high mountains which did still ascend,
And gave me echoes when I called my friend;
Through cities vast and charnel-houses grim,
And high cathedrals where the light was dim,
Through books and arts and works without an end,
But found him not—the friend whom I had lost.
And yet I found him—as I found the lark,
A sound in fields I heard but could not mark;
I found him nearest when I missed him most;
I found him in my heart, a life in frost,
A light I knew not till my soul was dark.
-George MacDonald (1824-1905); In the Public Domain.

Descent into Hell, 1308 - 1311 - Duccio — “Descent into Hell” by Duccio (1308-1311). In the Public Domain.

The Fourteenth Station from St. John Henry Newman’s “Meditations on the Stations of the Cross”

“Jesus, when He was nearest to His everlasting triumph, seemed to be farthest from triumphing. When He was nearest upon entering His kingdom, and exercising all power in heaven and earth, He was lying dead in a cave of the rock…
Make us sure, O Lord, that the greater is our distress, the nearer we are to Thee… The more they forget us, the more Thou dost keep us in mind. The more they abandon us, the closer Thou wilt bring us to Thyself.”

"With Many Tears I Went in Search of Him"

Scripture Passage: John 19:38

The Fourteenth Station from St. John Henry Newman’s “Meditations on the Stations of the Cross”

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