“The news had spread that our blessed Lord had been given an honorable burial, by Joseph the rich man.  Like a bolt out of the blue, the Pharisees run to Pilate to protest against the delivery of the body to Joseph.  As they claimed His life, so they would claim His Death.  In the history of the world, there was never a more ridiculous spectacle than that of a hundred soldiers stationed to keep an eye on a corpse.  No other grave on the face of the earth was ever watched, because the dead man said that He would rise in three days.  But here guards are set, lest the dead walk, the silent speak, and the pierced heart quicken to the throb of life.   They say He is dead; they know He is dead; they will tell you that He will not rise again; but still they watch.”  Archbishop Fulton Sheen (Lenten & Easter Inspirations)