Window dressing

I have long felt it unnecessary to preach after we have read the Passion.  Instead I offered a few words before the reading, and offered a period of silence afterwards.  But really, as my friend offers, the Whole Week speaks for itself.

My friend says

There are so many sermons

Already

In Holy Week:

The entire story

Of the donkey and palms,

The strewing of garments;

The Meal

The foot washing

The altar stripping;

The exchange in the Garden,

The Cross

Oh the Cross,

The tearing of the Veil

Between Heaven and Earth;

Then the Waiting

Oh the Waiting

For the Stone

Rolled away.

So many sermons

Already.

Anything more

Is window dressing.