You Remade the World
Dear Lenten Pilgrims,
“For Maundy Thursday”
By Kate Bowler and Jessica Richie
From The Lives We Actually Have: 100 Blessings for Imperfect Days
This is the night that it begins,
the festival of grief and somehow triumph.
The end is near.
Jesus, we are beginning to understand that
your grace makes no sense –
grace sits next to betrayers,
grace washes the feet of backstabbers,
grace breaks bread with the disloyal,
grace shares a cup with double-dealers.
Jesus, you are undoing every guarantee
that, in loving you, I will not lose.
You are losing everything.
Bless me now, as I see your sacrifice.
How you are pleading with us to love,
as your friends break your heart.
How you are showing us how to remember,
when we long to forget
that in your undoing, you remade the world.
On behalf of the staff and lay leadership of Hyde Park United Methodist, I wish you and yours a blessed Holy Week and a joyous Easter.
Grace and Peace,
Senior Pastor, Hyde Park United Methodist
HOLY WEEK SCHEDULE
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