Maundy Memories--March 24, 2016

You were lifted up, just above your

enemies all around you, Jesus--

an offering of sacrifice, but with no

shout of joy nor any singing.

From those who had loved you, tears

streamed down like a torrent

day and night, with no rest for their

bodies, no respite for their eyes.

And now we take the loaf and bless

and break it, and say it is your

body, given for us and to us; and we

take the cup, for all to share.

As we remember, the tears

flow from our eyes.

Lectionary Readings

Ps. 27; 147:12-20; 126; 102

Lam. 2:10-18

1 Cor. 10:14-17; 11:27-32

Mark 14:12-25

Selected Verses

Ps. 27:6

Now my head is lifted up
          above my enemies all around me,
and I will offer in his tent
          sacrifices with shouts of joy;
I will sing and make melody to the LORD.

Lam. 2:18

Cry aloud to the Lord!  O wall of daughter Zion!  Let tears stream down like a torrent day and night!  Give yourself no rest, your eyes no respite!

1 Cor. 10:16

The cup of blessing that we bless, is it not a sharing in the blood of Christ?  The bread that we break, is it not a sharing in the body of Christ?

Mark 14:22-23

While they were eating, [Jesus] took a loaf of bread, and after blessing it he broke it, gave it to [his disciples], and said, “Take; this is my body.”  Then he took a cup, and after giving thanks he gave it to them, and all of them drank from it.