An upper room

After Luke 22:7-13

He sends them to find

a place, a room for the meal,

the meal to remember

the passing of the angel

of death over the dwellings,

sparing those with a splash

of lamb’s blood on the door.

They gather each year,

ss commanded, with family,

a quiet, somber gathering

to remember the escape

from death, a celebration

of death avoided, death

redeemed, life secured.

 

They find the room,

as directed, furnished

and prepared for the meal.

They gather to remember

the sacrifice of the lamb.

 

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