Arise

"It is enough; now, O Lord,
take away my life."
Elijah said, and
went to bed.

Jonah moaned. "It is
better for me to die
than to live."

"My soul is very sorrowful,
even to death," cried
the Crucified One,
"but not as I will."
He rose.

CC 2007 Sharon Mollerus