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  • Maundy Thursday

    Last night the focus was on Bonhoeffer, and four strands in his thinking: Discipline, Action, Suffering and Death.  These are good words to carry on into today as we focus on

    Foot washing

    Bread breaking

    Wine pouring

    Kiss betraying

    Curse denying

     

    Not a lot of words today, just a prayer:

    Foot-washing God, kneeling in front of me and gently wiping the dust of another year's journey, how tender is your touch

    Bread-breaking God, offering me nutrition for my body's ongoing life, symbolising your own death

    Wine-pouring God, blessing me for my journey onwards, your love splashing in the cup of my heart

    Kiss-betrayed God, meeting my gaze and weeping over my failure to understand

    Curse-betrayed God, hearing the course crow of the cock as once more I fail to acknowledge you

    On this day of mystery

    In the symbols

    In the remembering

    Meet me afresh, cleanse, forgive, strengthen, delight...

    Then lead me into the darkness to wait patiently with you, for you...

    Amen.