Paula Gooder writes, “We all know so well the stories surrounding Jesus’ death, and as they are vividly and regularly depicted in art and film there will be few of us who do not have an inner gallery which shows us what those events looked like. Da Vinci, in particular, shapes our imaginings of what the last supper might have been like. It is hard to picture the last supper without having the disciples and Jesus all sitting up along one side of a table, facing in the same direction. Even though we know that it wouldn’t look like that (Mark says explicitly that the disciples were reclining and not sitting up) it is hard to remove its image from our inner gallery. Part of the task of accompanying Jesus devotionally during the last week of his life is the task of repopulating our inner art galleries with new images of what it might have looked and felt like.”
While they were eating, Jesus took bread, and when he had given thanks, he broke it and gave it to his disciples, saying, ‘Take it; this is my body.’ Then he took a cup, and when he had given thanks, he gave it to them, and they all drank from it. ‘This is my blood of the covenant, which is poured out for many,’ he said to them. ‘Truly I tell you, I will not drink again from the fruit of the vine until that day when I drink it new in the kingdom of God.’
Mark 14:22-25 [NIV]
During this week why not read through one of the gospel accounts of Jesus’ last week and reimagine the scene for yourself?
Emma Higgins
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