Praying through the Pandemic - Maundy Thursday

Maundy Thursday marks the day when many Christian churches commemorate Jesus’ last meal with his disciples. At the conclusion of this meal, Jesus washed his disciples’ feet as an example of the kind of love they were to have toward others.

This poem by Malcolm Guite depicts the radical act of God kneeling at our feet to show the full extent of God’s love for all.

Here is the source of every sacrament,

The all-transforming presence of the Lord,

Replenishing our every element

Remaking us in his creative Word.

For here the earth herself gives bread and wine,

The air delights to bear his Spirit’s speech,

The fire dances where the candles shine,

The waters cleanse us with His gentle touch.

And here He shows the full extent of love

To us whose love is always incomplete,

In vain we search the heavens high above,

The God of love is kneeling at our feet.

Though we betray Him, though it is the night.

He meets us here and loves us into light.