SEVENTH THURSDAY
Mark
14:12-25
Jesus, we hear your warning to your
disciples, and we wonder, which of us will betray You? Which of us will disown
and sell You out in order to achieve our own ends?
But, of course, each of us has already
betrayed You. Each of us has put our own desires, agendas and security before
yours. Each of us has foolishly rejected your teaching and cynically thrown You
aside in resistance to the new life that You create among us.
Although we often push You aside or sell
You out, You do not push us aside. You do not shame us before our sisters and
brothers. You do not force us from the table of fellowship. But You do warn
about the calamity that we bring upon ourselves by our rejection and betrayal.
Still, You give yourself for us. You take,
bless, break and give us the nourishing bread of your own life. You share the
blood red wine of a new covenant. You share yourself with us to the very end.
We receive your gifts in joy tinged with sorrow. Amen.
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