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Pieta in Stone (3 Nephi 8:4-14)
Title
Pieta in Stone (3 Nephi 8:4-14)
Book Title
The Glory of the Son
Publication Type
Book Chapter
Year of Publication
2019
Authors
Anderson, Sharon Price (Primary)
Number of Pages
48
Publisher
Time Lines Etc.
City
Orem, UT
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Pieta in Stone
Pierced by sword of sorrow,
shrouded in grief,
Mary holds the lifeless
body of her firstborn son—
the Prince of Peace, wounded
in violence, dishonored in death.
Heavy as Michelangelo’s marble,
loss lies across her lap.
Anguish silences the lullabies,
extinguishes the hope of long ago.
Where are the angels
who hovered above the
birthing bed in Bethlehem
and heralded the joy?
While earth groans in darkness,
they wait to enter the sepulcher,
to roll away the stone.
Resurrection
Poetry
Jesus Christ
Crucifixion
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