They gathered,
In that upper room,
To celebrate the feast.

A space prepared,
To welcome them,
Together and in peace.

The city
had been stirred,
When Jesus rode in on an ass.

He upturned
Tables in the temple,
And said what would come to pass.

When walking from the temple,
They’d said
‘Look how large and grand’

Yet He’d replied
One day soon,
No stone would be left to stand.

Sun will darken
Moon go dim
Stars disappear from the heavens.

And the powers
and principalities
of all the earth be shaken.

And now he says,
Quite openly,
My time is getting near,

So let us
Celebrate the feast,
It is that time of year.

The disciples
Didn’t understand
All these things he’d said.

They talked together
Pondering
What really lay ahead.

But despite all that,
As was his call,
They’d gathered there as one.

With hopes and fears
Uncertainties,
Unsure what was to come.

So now,
In this borrowed room
They gathered side by side,

To celebrate
The Passover,
With us, God abides.