If today and tomorrow you are interested in reflecting on the significance of the Easter Triduum, particularly on Good Friday and Holy Saturday can I direct you to Bruce Springsteen the 62 year old American singer-songwriter-performer?
In my column to The Sunday Times coming Easter Sunday I refer to "The Boss", a Catholic from New Jersey, particularly to his latest album Wrecking Ball (March 2012). The track We are Alive should help you with your meditation. It begins with the line “there is a cross up yonder, up on Calvary hill”. In line with Pauline theology, he gives political examples of how we consummate in our bodies the suffering of Christ. “The Boss” then sings the praises of those who died fighting for justice, particularly within the civil rights movement.
These are the lyrics of We are Alive.
There is a cross up yonder up on Calvary hill
There is a slip of blood on a silver knife
There is a graveyard kid down below
Where at night did come to life
And above the stars, they crackle in fire
A dead man's moon throws seven rings...
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