katyandtheword

Jesus,
we all love to eat
I love to think of you taking the bread
And sharing it in the traditional way–
for it was probably a tear and share loaf
(as bread was so often served, flat and ready)
And then you proclaimed
the most mundane
of acts

Holy

Whenever you break bread together
You proclaim my death
until I return

Then you allow for fellowshipping
and take the cup
And share it again
because
Let’s face it Jesus
We all need neon signs
and emphasis
And all the help we can get

And then you kneel
At the feet of your disciples
And signal

How you will return

I think of how
discomforted
the disciples are
Again

They didn’t like it when
Mary bathed your feet
in perfume

A Woman
Anointing
you
as King

And here you are
Passing it all on

And the blessing
is uncomfortable
(there is a deep truth there)

As you wash
between our toes
You also
tell us about your
return Again

On your knees
You show us

How

How
every knee shall bow
When you return

Of Course we will
Because you,
Jesus
will return as you arrived
Serving on your knees
And we will finally get it

And kneel,
to get next to you

Maybe Maundy
Is not a Good Name
Anyway

Maybe it should be
Learning Thursday
Feasting Thursday
Anointing Thursday
Kneeling Thursday
Mystery of Communion Thursday
Christ-is-not-that-Kind-of-King-Thursday

Teach us Jesus
Where to find you
How to hear you
Quiet the voices that want to anoint you to other kingdoms
Lead us into communion, help us to build at true sanctuary
Give us the tools build real and meaningful ways to serve
We pray, in the one who anointed us all
with the bread, the cup, and a beautiful act loving care

Amen.

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God,
An ancient bridge*
Connecting the infrastructure
of everything

crumpled

A boat
that was huge
lost control
(investigation pending)
And hit it

And six people
who happened to be Immigrants
who were hard workers
with families
seeking a better lives

they were
fixing pothole

Instead they drowned

And I have been pondering

The metaphoric proportions
Of a ship too big to stop
out of control
Heading the wrong direction

A bridge connecting everyone
Needing repairs

the working people
stuck in the cold
dark
at 1am
almost nameless
voiceless
faceless

The insufficiency
of the boat
bridge
repairs
to meet the infrastructure needs
anyway

and God I’m
a bit flabbergasted

Thankful for the 1am
Mayday call
the quick response
The fact it wasn’t Midday
Midnight, Mayday, not Midday

And Yet
I am prayerful
Over

the Symbolism
as the Newsreel
soldiers
on

God
there seems to be
more
and I think of simple messages
that we have for one another
When we listen

God be with the families of the lost
God be with our midnight workers, immigrant and here for generations
God be with our infrastructure
God be with our emergency workers
God be with us we pray

Amen.

*According to my youngest son anything from my time or before is “ancient times”

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