Monday, June 23, 2014

A cup of bitterness

sharing the cup of his body
ready to drink
a cup of bitterness
sharing the words
of betrayal, of covenant
the first communion
the Last Supper
of the living Christ
preparing the way
for the Passion to come.


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June 23, 2014
A cup of bitterness
June 23, 2014
drinking His life
1 Corinthians 11:26 (NRSV)
Mark 14:17-25
Upper Room Daily Devotional
“The Mystery of Communion”
by Patrick Kangrga
read June 23, 2014
Upper Room Daily Devotional
for March and April 2014

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