Lenten Poems – “It is finished” (36)

Watercolor by Leo Boucher.

On this most holy of days, I have to go straight to the crucifixion of Jesus and come back later to the wonderful Last Discourse. For on this day we remember the biggest sacrifice our Lord could have made – giving his very life that we might have new life. The story unrolls like a boulder gathering speed as it slams down a hill. At the end, we lay stunned and bruised, wondering what just happened.