The Words Dripping - Poem by Raymond A. Foss

The words he spoke dripping
the room, the elements, the words
all of this laden with meaning
as we sat for the Passover Seder

Looking to one another
each of us wondering
what the master was saying
as he spoke these new words

Oh I wish he hadn’t said them
that the bread was his body
the cup of our salvation
his blood poured out in sacrifice

Wanting to be there with him
remembering the exodus
repeating the ancient world
that he would stay with us

Solemn around our table
each of us silent
disbelieving, as we ate the bread
in shocked realization

The cup of his blood,
raised to each lip
in that now-holy moment
when he made the new covenant

March 3, 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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