I took this picture last fall in Florence Italy. Michael Angelo's rendering of Nicodemus, Mary(Jesus' friend) and Mary(Jesus's mother) taking him from the cross. I was not expecting to be so overwhelmed, but when I saw it--it took my breath away--punched me in the gut. Such love and sorrow and brokeness. We have all known it--felt it. Right now, during Lent, this is where we are---where we are called to be--remembering and reflecting. But Easter is on the way---Easter is on the way.