<p class="title_brown">Jesus is laid in the tomb</p>
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<p class="normal_text"><strong>V. </strong>We adore you, O Christ and we bless you.<br />
<strong>R. </strong>Because&nbsp;by&nbsp;your Holy Cross, you&nbsp;have redeemed&nbsp;the world.<br />
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<p class="subtitle_brown"><em>According to the gospel of Joh</em></p>

<p class="quote">Later, Joseph of Arimathea asked Pilate for the body of Jesus. With Pilate&rsquo;s permission, he came and took the body away.&nbsp;&nbsp;He was accompanied by Nicodemus, he brought a mixture of myrrh and aloes, about seventy-five pounds.&nbsp;Taking Jesus&rsquo; body, the two of them wrapped it, with the spices, in strips of linen.&nbsp;This was in accordance with Jewish burial customs. &nbsp;</p>

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<p class="subtitle_brown"><em>Meditation</em></p>

<p class="normal_text">Lord Jesus, we have descended the Calvary and brought your body. Your mother&acute;s lap was the image of the dirt that is now open to welcome salvation. You will stay in the new tomb, in which you enter as king of glory. Our faces and hands take the gestures of adoration: the doves, more than ever, symbolize the peace that comes from the true peace which is you. The kiss the beloved disciple honours you with, the cautions with your body, the perfumes women will buy anticipate the day the creation will be recreated. It will not be long for us to sing together: &ldquo;The Prince of life, dead, reigns alive&rdquo;. It will not be long for the week to receive another day, the eighth day, the day of the new creation.&nbsp; &nbsp;<br />
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Lord, with you, in this hour, I pray for all who want to resuscitate with you:<br />
<strong>V. </strong>Lord, have mercy on us!<br />
<strong>R. </strong>Lord, have mercy on us!<br />
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Our Father...<br />
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<p class="subtitle_brown"><em>Final Prayer</em></p>

<p class="normal_text">Lord Jesus, you are the Way, the Truth and Life. Lord Jesus, by contemplating as Way, may I be worthy of the love road you made to the Calvary; by following you as Truth, may I be worthy of the steps of your hurtful life; by loving you as Life, may I take part of the plenitude of good. Lord Jesus, the mystery of your redeeming Easter recapitulates all of the work of creation and continues to make an echo in our world: in Fatima, I hear the resound of your Gospel, here proclaimed by the lips of Our Lady of the Rosary, the Virgin of Sorrows, and I feel our dramas involved by the love of your Passion, Death and Resurrection. Lord Jesus, make me a pilgrim of your Passion and participant of your Glorious Resurrection. Amen.&nbsp;<br />
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<p class="subtitle_brown"><em>Conclusion</em></p>

<p class="normal_text"><strong>V. </strong>May the Lord bless us, protect us from all evil and bring us to everlasting life.<br />
<strong>R. </strong>Amen.</p>
