Assemble (Maundy Thursday 2026)

in Days where

We fearfully Hope

for some way

to cope amidst

all that is attempting 

to drive Us apart

We remember One

Who fearlessly faced

the clamourous rage

of pundits and priests

stirring up the pots

of anxious angst

not by arrogantly

taking shots at them

or by laying out 

a glamourous fleece

from a gilded cage

but by displaying

an amourous Peace

as a Centered Sage

inviting all Beloveds

not into a fable

but to a Table

of welcome and release

to gather together

in the stormy weather

of not knowing whether

the tenuous Tether

of Cosmic Connection

was present or not

for a faithful (and

some might say fateful)

Feast of Commemoration

an intimate Celebration

before an imminent excoriation

taking a sip

and a swallow

to faithfully follow

and courageously resist

the compelling temptation

to let the Cup

of suffering pass

from Loving lips

and in the grating

of grinding gears

meant to squeeze

the comforting tears

out of Our systems

and drive Us apart

to always remember

that our Innate

Divinely Human Calling

(even when we're falling

into divisive despair

and crumbling into

dissembled disrepair) 

is to start

by being Mindful

of our harrowed

and Hallowed Hearts

then surrender our fears

and Assemble in Love...

Thanks.

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('Maundy Thursday' © Rebecca Foster)