Preparation
Prepare for a period of meditation by sitting comfortably, closing your eyes, and breathing deeply for a moment or two. Allow any present concerns to move across your mind and wait off to the side for now.
Freedom
You are waiting through Holy Saturday, knowing that Jesus rests in the grave. However, while you sit alone in your home, you sense a presence with you, and you know it is Jesus. In some mysterious way, he has come to you during this endless, awful day.
Not knowing quite what to do, you decide to remain still and listen. After a few moments, you hear Jesus say to you:
“Soon, I will break free of death and the tomb. It is God’s will and my choice. I have the power, given by the Father, to be liberated from the grave.
“You are not in a grave, but neither are you liberated. I break the bonds of death so that you, also, can break your bonds.”
These words shock you. I am not liberated? But I’m not in the grave! Then you work up the courage to ask Jesus, “What bonds are you speaking of?”
“What bonds do you think?” Jesus’ presence is so clearly with you, even though you’re the only one in the room.
His question frustrates you. “I don’t know what you mean, Lord.”
“Where do you long for freedom?” Jesus asks.
Then you think, and you listen to your own heart and mind. In the silence and waiting, it becomes clear to you where, in your life, you need freedom—where you feel trapped, unable to change or move.
“You’re right,” you say to the Presence.
“It is God’s will that you be free,” Jesus says gently. “Is it your choice?”
Concluding Prayer
Glory be to the Father,
and to the Son,
and to the Holy Spirit.
As it was in the beginning,
is now, and ever shall be,
world without end.
Amen.