New Words - edited - Poem by Raymond A. Foss

New words of Christ
around the Passover table
the Seder, ancient words
to the rite of the people

Commanded by God, in the desert given
before the promised land entered
hundreds of years of tradition,
the law stood on its head

Christ at the table, with his disciples around him
those who would betray and deny him
those who would desert him
letting him be captured, into their hands

Washing their feet, kneeling before them
offering a new covenant, in blood
the bread, his body
broken for us, given

The wine, his blood
poured out as a sacrifice
climbing the cross, to die as a criminal,
to take away our sin, our stain

Rising to come
but that not mentioned
the blood of the lamb
ringing in their ears
wet upon their lips

edited April 2, 2010
March 1, 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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