A Last Meal - Poem by Raymond A. Foss

A last meal with them
the master and the disciples
gathered around the Passover table
sharing in the Seder

Words different
suddenly changing
the offering of the bread
the cup, sharing in his sacrifice

Not the deliverance from Egypt
away from slavery to the desert
the wandering of the people
before they came into the promised land

This was far more urgent
the son of man, the Messiah
telling them of his suffering
that he was about to die

Though they would betray,
deny and abandon him
He shared with them this meal
his body, his blood
offered for all of us
the Seder never to be the same

February 28, 2010
Mark 14:12, 22-25
Isaiah 11:1-5
Isaiah 52:7 (Call to Worship)
Deuteronomy 16:1-8
Exodus 12:1-28
Deuteronomy 11:16-21
and sermon, “A Last Meal”
by Pastor Ruth L. Foss
the first in a series of sermons, based in part on the book,
“24 Hours That Changed the World”, by Reverend Adam Hamilton
http://thewell.cor.org/resurrection-resources/24-hours-that-changed-the-world.html
http://www.suncookumc.org
Suncook United Methodist Church
Suncook, NH
February 28, 2010

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