To the Table

To the table we come, young and old,
slowly, tentatively, spritely, quickly
standing, kneeling, as we are able
coming forward to receive,
to share in the remembrance
that incomprehensible night,
sharing your bread, your cup
speaking of the breaking, the spilling
the suffering you would endure
that moment of insight before the swirl
the staccato of the coming days
Joining with them in amazement,
in human confusion, not quite understanding
all of what that moment means
a covenant transforming
the night remembering the Passover
a meal before betrayal, suffering, death
joining them, all the saints before us
coming to the table
as flawed as we are
to receive your grace


February 2, 2009
Matthew 26:14-30
Matthew 26:26-28
Mark 14:12-26
Mark 14:24-26
Luke 22:1-30
Luke 22:14-23
Luke 22:14-20
John 6:53-59
John 13:1-30
John 13:21-30
John 13:27-30
and sermon, “Even Me Lord?”
by Pastor Ruth L. Foss
Suncook United Methodist Church
Suncook, NH
February 1, 2009