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Passion Thursday
(Maundy Thursday)
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I am poor
I would love to be invited
To supper with Jesus
Because I’m hungry
And sometimes I am afraid
For food
I’m sorry
I want to hear the story
But all I can hear
Is on the inside, now
Maybe afterward
Or during
It’s rotten evangelism,
I guess,
On my part
Wanting the real food, first
Yes, there is a question
Of what’s real,
I’m certain
But feed with food, please,
First
Then I shall listen
To anything
Especially the truth
Sorry for the truth in
A yowling stomach,
In an actual meal
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Who knows where they were
Or how many
What they ate,
If it was a meal of tradition
Or what was at hand
The way a meal is sometimes,
Checking our cupboards
And the refrigerator
Looking at the oven
Being hopeful
(hopeful people
hopeful oven)
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Was Mary there?
Were any of the Marys there?
Not to serve but to take part
In equal parts
With the rest?
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And why did Jesus call it new?
A new commandment
That was ancient,
Love one another
Exodus and Deuteronomy
Along with whose house
Shall we serve
And how
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What might be new
To me
Was to call them friends
Upgrade from disciples
Friends
A loving term
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Maybe the love of God
Between people and God
Was renewed
There was a person saying
You can know this God this way
You don’t have to wait
For the appointed time
The proper time
Is now
Kairos
Along with chronos
Love God anytime
As if at table with you
All of you
Any of you
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C L Couch
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