..and it was the sixth hour – darkness came upon the whole land until the ninth hour.
And at the ninth hour Jesus cried out with a loud voice:
Eloi, eloi, lema sabachthani
Which translated means
My God, my God, why have you abandoned me?
And some of the bystanders hearing (him) said: ‘Listen, he calls on Elijah.
Someone, having run and filled a sponge with cheap wine, gave it to him to drink put on a stick, saying ‘Leave him – let us see if Elijah comes to take him down.’
And Jesus, having given up a great cry, breathed out his last.
And the curtain of the temple was torn into two, from top to bottom.
The centurion, who stood opposite him, having seen him die this way said: ‘Truly, this man was God’s son.’
And there were women watching from a distance, among them were Mary the Magdalene, and Mary mother of Jacob the younger and of Justus, and Salome, who were following when he was in Galilee , and served him, and many others who traveled with him to Jerusalem.
Grant, Lord,
that we may hold to you without parting,
worship you without wearying,
serve you without failing;
faithfully seek you,
happily find you,
and forever possess you,
the only God,blessed now and for ever.
Amen
St Anselm