{"id":1604,"date":"2021-03-31T21:53:41","date_gmt":"2021-03-31T21:53:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/oneking.ca\/wp\/?p=1604"},"modified":"2021-03-31T21:53:41","modified_gmt":"2021-03-31T21:53:41","slug":"maundy-thursday-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/michaelkooiman.com\/index.php\/2021\/03\/31\/maundy-thursday-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Maundy Thursday"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img src=\"https:\/\/live.staticflickr.com\/1555\/25943136411_6cc0e95264_c.jpg\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n<p><em>Maundy is an Old English word derived from the Latin <\/em>mandatum<em> meaning \u201ccommandment.\u201d Jesus commanded his friends to love one another, no matter the circumstances, whether together or apart. Today (or tonight) we commemorate one gathering and two rituals. The first, foot-washing, we will mark by taking time during the service to wash our hands. Next, we remember the Last Supper, and we encourage you to break bread and lift a beverage\u2014juice or wine\u2014as you join this meal. Those joining by Zoom (at 7 pm) will share in the same service as this one.<\/em>  <em>Thanks to Cor, Dave, and Heather!<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n<p>PRELUDE: &#8220;I Love to Tell the Story&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio\"><audio controls src=\"https:\/\/oneking.ca\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/9-I-Love-to-Tell-the-Story.mp3\"><\/audio><\/figure>\n\n\n<p>CALL TO WORSHIP:<\/p>\n\n\n<p>Saving God, <br \/>\npower of loving service in the world,<br \/>\nwe thank you for Jesus, <br \/>\nwho on the night he was betrayed,<br \/>\ngave himself to his friends<br \/>\nin humble service, and in bread and wine.<\/p>\n\n\n<p>Mysterious God,<br \/>\ntonight we worship in your time,<br \/>\nwe do not reenact the Last Supper:<br \/>\nwe join the meal, we find our place,<br \/>\nand we gather at Christ&#8217;s own table,<br \/>\nby his side, now and ever.<\/p>\n\n\n<p>OPENING PRAYER AND SUNG RESPONSE:<\/p>\n\n\n<p>Holy God,<br \/> we come to worship in the gathering shadows<br \/> of Jesus\u2019 suffering and death.<br \/> We gather with a cloud of witnesses,<br \/> to experience love in action:<br \/> service and sacrifice,<br \/> commemoration and grace.<br \/> Stand with us as we remember,<br \/> and encourage us, as mark this day.<br \/> Amen.<\/p>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio\"><audio controls src=\"https:\/\/oneking.ca\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/cometoyou.m4a\"><\/audio><\/figure>\n\n\n<p><em>Christ, let us come with you<br \/> to the upper room where the feast is laid,<br \/> to the bread and wine where our peace is made:<br \/> Christ, let us come with you!<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n<p>FIRST READING: John 13.1-5, 12-17<\/p>\n\n\n<p>It was just before the Passover Festival. Jesus knew that the hour had come for him to leave this world and go to the Father. Having loved his own who were in the world, he loved them to the end.<br \/>\n2 The evening meal was in progress, and the devil had already prompted Judas, the son of Simon Iscariot, to betray Jesus. 3 Jesus knew that the Father had put all things under his power, and that he had come from God and was returning to God; 4 so he got up from the meal, took off his outer clothing, and wrapped a towel around his waist. 5 After that, he poured water into a basin and began to wash his disciples\u2019 feet, drying them with the towel that was wrapped around him.<br \/>\n12 When he had finished washing their feet, he put on his clothes and returned to his place. \u201cDo you understand what I have done for you?\u201d he asked them. 13 \u201cYou call me \u2018Teacher\u2019 and \u2018Lord,\u2019 and rightly so, for that is what I am. 14 Now that I, your Lord and Teacher, have washed your feet, you also should wash one another\u2019s feet. 15 I have set you an example that you should do as I have done for you. 16 Very truly I tell you, no servant is greater than his master, nor is a messenger greater than the one who sent him. 17 Now that you know these things, you will be blessed if you do them.<\/p>\n\n\n<p>REFLECTION<\/p>\n\n\n<p>A sacrament is a visible sign of invisible grace.  And one, according to St. Augustine, that was given to the church by Jesus Christ.  Jesus commended baptism, dying and rising with him, and marked as his forever.  Jesus presided at table\u2014the first table\u2014and said &#8220;do this in remembrance of me.&#8221;  Every time you bread bread, and every time you lift you cup, I remain with you.  We have two sacraments, two outward signs of an inward grace.<\/p>\n\n\n<p>And then there is the other.  Instituted by Jesus Christ, commended to the church, reenacted year by year on this night, yet foot-washing is not a sacrament.  At least not officially.  And what might be the reasons for this?  For one, it&#8217;s an annual ritual, given to one night of our life together.  Two, it&#8217;s a bit fraught.  The one who washes feet has assumed the role of Jesus, something that most of us are reluctant to do.  Finally, it&#8217;s messy\u2014literally in some cases\u2014and bit uncomfortable.  <\/p>\n\n\n<p>Yet the sacramental aspect of this ritual is clear: every time we serve others, every time we care for others in Christ&#8217;s name, every time we humble ourselves before others\u2014we are making visible God&#8217;s invisible grace.  Any time you help someone, particularly if it&#8217;s messy or uncomfortable, you are sharing a sacrament, and God&#8217;s unconditional love.  Amen. <\/p>\n\n\n<p>MUSIC: &#8220;In the Garden&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio\"><audio controls src=\"https:\/\/oneking.ca\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/03\/2-In-the-Garden.mp3\"><\/audio><\/figure>\n\n\n<p>HANDWASHING<br \/> SUNG RESPONSE:<\/p>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio\"><audio controls src=\"https:\/\/oneking.ca\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/cometoyou.m4a\"><\/audio><\/figure>\n\n\n<p><em>Teach us your serving love:<br \/> to become as friends, to become as one<br \/> that the world believe what your life has done:<br \/> teach us your serving love.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n<p>THE LAST SUPPER\/GREAT THANKSGIVING<\/p>\n\n\n<p>The Lord be with you. <br \/><strong> And also with you. <\/strong><br \/> Lift up your hearts. <br \/> <strong>We lift them to the Lord.<\/strong> <br \/> Let us give thanks to the Lord our God. <br \/> <strong>It is right to give our thanks and praise.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n<p>It is indeed right that we should praise you, <br \/>\ngracious God, for you created all things. <br \/>\nYou formed us in your own image: <br \/>\nmale and female you created us. <br \/>\nWhen we turned away from you in sin, <br \/>\nyou did not cease to care for us, <br \/>\nbut opened a path of salvation for all people. <br \/>\nYou made a covenant with Israel, <br \/>\nand through your servants Abraham and Sarah <br \/>\ngave the promise of a blessing to all nations. <br \/>\nThrough Moses you led your people<br \/>\nfrom bondage into freedom; <br \/>\nthrough the prophets you renewed <br \/>\nyour promise of salvation. <br \/>\nTherefore, with them, and with all your saints<br \/>\nwho have served you in every age, <br \/>\nwe give you thanks and raise our voices <br \/>\nto proclaim the glory of your name. <\/p>\n\n\n<p><strong>Holy, Holy, holy Lord, <br \/> God of power and might, <br \/> Heaven and earth are full of your glory. <br \/> Hosanna in the highest. <br \/> Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord. <br \/> Hosanna in the highest. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n<p>Holy God, source of life and goodness, <br \/>\nall creation rightly gives you praise. <br \/>\nIn the fullness of time, <br \/>\nyou sent your child Jesus Christ, <br \/>\nto share our human nature, <br \/>\nto live and die as one of us, <br \/>\nto reconcile us to you, <br \/>\nthe Mother and Father of us all. <br \/>\nHe healed the sick<br \/>\nand ate and drank with outcasts and sinners; <br \/>\nhe opened the eyes of the blind<br \/>\nand proclaimed the Good News of your kingdom<br \/>\nto the poor and to those in need. <br \/>\nIn all things he fulfilled your gracious will. <\/p>\n\n\n<p>On the night he was betrayed<br \/>\nour Lord Jesus Christ took bread; <br \/>\nand after giving thanks to you, <br \/>\nbroke it, and gave it to his disciples. <br \/>\nAnd said, \u201cTake, eat: <br \/>\nthis is my body which is given for you. <br \/>\nDo this for the remembrance of me.\u201d<br \/>\nAfter supper he took the cup of wine; <br \/>\nand after giving thanks,<br \/>\ngave it to them, and said, <br \/>\n\u201cDrink this, all of you: <br \/>\nthis is my blood of the new covenant, <br \/>\nwhich is shed for you and for many <br \/>\nfor the forgiveness of sins. <br \/>\nWhenever you drink it, <br \/>\ndo this for the remembrance of me.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n<p>Gracious God, <br \/>\nby the death of your beloved one<br \/>\nyou have destroyed the power of death, <br \/>\nand by raising him to life<br \/>\nyou have given us life for evermore. <\/p>\n\n\n<p><strong>Christ has died. <br \/> Christ is risen. <br \/> Christ will come again. <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n<p>Recalling his death, <br \/>\nproclaiming his resurrection, <br \/>\nand looking for his coming again in glory, <br \/>\nwe offer you, O God, this bread and this cup. <br \/>\nSend your Holy Spirit upon us<br \/>\nand upon these gifts, <br \/>\nthat all who eat and drink at this table<br \/>\nmay be one body, one holy people, <br \/>\na living sacrifice in Jesus Christ, our Lord. <\/p>\n\n\n<p>Through Christ, with Christ, and in Christ, <br \/>\nin the unity of the Holy Spirit, <br \/>\nall glory is yours, God most holy, <br \/>\nnow and forever. <\/p>\n\n\n<p>THE LORD&#8217;S PRAYER:<\/p>\n\n\n<p>Our Father who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name.<br \/>\nThy kingdom come, Thy will be done on earth as it is in<br \/>\nheaven. Give us this day our daily bread; and forgive us<br \/>\nour trespasses as we forgive those who trespass against<br \/>\nus; and lead us not into temptation but deliver us from<br \/>\nevil. For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the<br \/>\nglory, for ever and ever. Amen.<\/p>\n\n\n<p>SHARING THE BREAD AND WINE<\/p>\n\n\n<p>Partake or share the elements.<\/p>\n\n\n<p>SUNG RESPONSE:<\/p>\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-audio\"><audio controls src=\"https:\/\/oneking.ca\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/04\/cometoyou.m4a\"><\/audio><\/figure>\n\n\n<p><em>Christ of the open hands,<br \/> you have brought us close to be loved and fed,<br \/> you have touched our life, now you walk ahead:<br \/> Christ, let us come with you!<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n<p>SECOND READING: Psalm 116<\/p>\n\n\n<p>I love you, God, because you heard my voice<br \/>\nwhen I made supplication,<br \/>\nbecause you turned your ear to me,<br \/>\nwhen I called upon your name.<br \/>\nThe cords of death entangled me,<br \/>\nand the pangs of the Grave laid hold on me;<br \/>\nI suffered distress and anguish.<br \/>\nThen I called upon the name of God:<br \/>\n\u2018O God, I pray, save my life.\u2019<br \/>\nHow can I repay you, God,<br \/>\nfor all the good things you have done for me?<br \/>\nI will take up the cup of salvation,<br \/>\nand call upon the name of God.<br \/>\nI will pay my vows<br \/>\nin the presence of all God\u2019s people. Amen.<\/p>\n\n\n<p>BLESSING<\/p>\n\n\n<p>Even as we turn away, Lord,<br \/>\nyou cannot turn away.<br \/>\nEven in the face of denial and betrayal,<br \/>\nyou never turn away.<br \/>\nEven in death, death on the cross,<br \/>\nyou will never turn away.<br \/>\nTo you be the glory, Lord,<br \/>\nnow and ever, Amen.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Maundy is an Old English word derived from the Latin mandatum meaning \u201ccommandment.\u201d Jesus commanded his friends to love one another, no matter the circumstances, whether together or apart. Today (or tonight) we commemorate one gathering and two rituals. The first, foot-washing, we will mark by taking time during the service to wash our hands. &hellip; <a href=\"http:\/\/michaelkooiman.com\/index.php\/2021\/03\/31\/maundy-thursday-2\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Maundy Thursday<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/michaelkooiman.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1604"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/michaelkooiman.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/michaelkooiman.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/michaelkooiman.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/michaelkooiman.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1604"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/michaelkooiman.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1604\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/michaelkooiman.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1604"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/michaelkooiman.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1604"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/michaelkooiman.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1604"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}