After each reading water is poured by the reader into
a large glass bowl in the centre of the congregation.
Tears of
Betrayal.
Disciple,
Judas Iscariot went to the chief priests and asked what they would give him to
betray Jesus. He was given thirty pieces of silver.
Pour water
Tears of
Distress.
As the
disciples sat down with Jesus to eat the Passover, Jesus told them that one of
them would betray him. They all asked,
“Is it I?” They were distressed.
Pour
water
Tears of
Confusion.
Jesus
reinterprets the Passover meal as his body and blood.
Jesus tells
the disciples they will all dessert him.
Jesus speaks
of God’s kingdom.
Pour
water
Tears of
Fatigue.
The disciples
and Jesus go to Gethsemane. The
disciples are asked to watch and pray.
Jesus, deeply
grieved, steps aside to pray. Three
times he returns to the disciples to find them asleep.
Pour
water
Tears of Fear.
The betrayer
came to the garden with a group of armed people. He kissed Jesus.
One of the
disciples cut off the ear of one of the armed men. Jesus disappointedly addressed the crowd and
was taken away. The disciples fled.
Pour
water
There should
have been tears.
Jesus was
arrested and taken to be judged. Caiphas, fake witnesses, and accusations of
blasphemy judge and blame Jesus.
Pour
water
Tears of
Denial.
In the
courtyard, Peter denies knowing Jesus three times. After hearing the rooster
crow, Peter went out and wept bitterly.
Pour
water
Tears of
Repentance.
Judas
Iscariot, seeing that Jesus was condemned to death, repented and tried to
return the thirty pieces of silver. He
was so distraught, he threw the silver at the chief priest’s feet and went and
hung himself.
Pour
water
Tears of
Power.
Pilate asks
Jesus if he considered himself the King of the Jews. He tried to persuade Jesus
to speak, to save himself; he tried to set Jesus free by will of the
crowd. It failed. Pilate washed his hands, “I’m innocent of
this man’s blood.”
Pour
water
Tears of
Abuse.
Jesus is
flogged, stripped, robed, laughed at, and spat on. He was led away to be crucified.
Pour
water
Tears of
Abandonment.
Darkness came
over the land at noon. About three
o’clock Jesus cried, “My God, my God, why have you forsaken me?” Jesus cried again with a loud voice, and
died.
Pour
water
Tears of
Sorrow.
The centurion
knew that the death was a mistake.
Many women,
those who had followed from Galilee, those who had provided for him; May
Magdalene, Mary the mother of James and Joseph, and the Mother of the sons of
Zebedee, looked on from a distance.
Pour
water
Tears of
Respect.
Joseph of
Arimathea came to Pilate and asked for the body. He prepared for burial and laid the body in
his own tomb. A great stone was rolled in front of the tomb. And he went away.
Pour
water
Tears of
Longing.
Mary Magdalene
and the other Mary were there, sitting opposite the tomb.
Pour
water
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