THE GOSPEL
Mark 14:12-16, 22-26This is my body.
Jesus,
you call us all.
priest and penitent,
the homeless and CEO’s,
immigrants and border agents,
Italians, Asian-Americans, Japanese.
Those who stand back and those who don’t,
None of us are worthy, but you tell us,
“your souls shall be healed.”
“This is my body;
take it and
eat.”
Oh please stay with us forever.
Make us one with you,
one with each
other.
Let your love course
through our lives
and heal us.
Make us
one
in
your one
body.
THE FIRST READING
Exodus 24:3-8
This is the blood of the covenant.
Blood:
a sign
of the covenant.
Moses
splashed some
on the altar and then
some onto the people,
recalling the solemn bond
they had entered
with God.
They would be God’s people.
God would love them
forever.
Christ’s blood,
Christ’s body, Christ’s love:
marks of the new
covenant.
Sprinkle it, splash it,
drown us
in your
love,
O,
Christ.
