Maundy Thursday
Armadale UCA
MAUNDY THURSDAY
2020
“Washing the Disciple’s Feet 1993”
John 13: 1-15 – What is Jesus showing His disciples here?
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John 13: 16-30 – What is going on here?
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Mark 14: 32-42 – Why is it so hard to watch and pray?
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`Stay with me. Remain here with me. Watch and pray. Watch and pray.`
Prayer
God of the darkest nights and the longest days,
grant us courage and perseverance to stay, watch and pray
tonight and over these next three days…
For Jesus` sake.
Amen
Blessing You Cannot Turn Back
For Holy Thursday
As if you could
stop this blessing
from washing
over you.
As if you could
turn it back,
could return it
from your body
to the bowl,
from the bowl
to the pitcher,
from the pitcher
to the hand
that set this blessing
on its way.
As if you could
change the course
by which this blessing
flows.
As if you could control how it
pours over you –
unbidden,
unsought,
unasked,
yet startling
in the way
it matches the need
you did not know
you had.
As if you could
become undrenched.
As if you could
resist gathering it up
in your two hands
and letting your body
follow the arc
this blessing makes.
(Jan. L. Richardson Circle of Grace)
