Here is an invitation to the Table on Maundy
Thursday or Good Friday (depending on your practice). It was written by Ann
Siddall and posted on the Stillpoint Spirituality Centre website.
Invitation to the Table
This was just a cup filled with wine
(gesture
towards the cup)
this was just ordinary bread, baked for guests
(gesture
towards the bread)
until Jesus took them
took and drank from the cup,
even though it was his cup of pain,
filled with the agony of the world;
took and broke the bread –
even though his body
was too young to be broken.
This (gesture towards self),
and these (gesture to the community)
would be ordinary lives
unless the bread, unless the wine,
is poured into them:
and the mystery of grace takes place.
Come, not because you fully understand,
but because you need to reach out
and receive the life that is offered to you.
~ written by Ann Siddall, and posted on
the Stillpoint Spirituality Centre and Faith Community website. http://stillpointsa.org.au/prayer/prayers-and-liturgies/
