{"id":590,"date":"2011-04-18T00:05:27","date_gmt":"2011-04-18T04:05:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/sanctuaryofwomen.com\/blog\/?p=590"},"modified":"2011-04-22T23:06:47","modified_gmt":"2011-04-23T03:06:47","slug":"passionate-companions-the-women-of-holy-week-and-easter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sanctuaryofwomen.com\/blog\/passionate-companions-the-women-of-holy-week-and-easter\/","title":{"rendered":"Passionate Companions: Monday of Holy Week"},"content":{"rendered":"

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\nFriday from Noon till Three (The Magdalene’s Lament)
\n<\/em>\u00a9 Jan L. Richardson<\/p>\n

Invocation <\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

God of the shadows,
\nyou accompany us
\neven in our most painful times.
\nMay I know the abiding passion
\nyou have for me;
\nmay I taste it,
\ndrink of it,
\nfeel it in the touch
\nof those who journey
\nwith me.<\/p>\n

Context<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Passion.<\/em> From the Latin passio<\/em>, meaning \u201csuffering.\u201d The term denotes the suffering of Christ from the night of the Last Supper through his crucifixion. But the women who have journeyed with Jesus know the meaning of passion too. They have seen Christ\u2019s pain\u2014have held it, anointed it, felt it in themselves. And they know too the meaning of passion as devotion, as desire, as commitment, as love. Enflamed by his vision, healed by his touch, empowered by his friendship, the women who companion Jesus share his passion for wholeness, for salvation, for life. This shared passion prepares them for the Passion event. They do not leave Jesus alone during this time, not even at the cross.<\/p>\n

In this week\u2019s readings, we encounter the women who accompany Jesus in his Passion. With these women—those who are strangers to Jesus as well as those who are his friends and followers—we move through the shadows of his final hours. With them we break bread, ask questions, and dream; with them we grieve, bear witness, and wait. With them we experience the pain of having our visions doubted and the joy of resurrection. With them we pray for an end to suffering and for the healing of Christ\u2019s body.<\/p>\n

Monday<\/strong><\/p>\n

Text<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n

Luke 22:14-20<\/a> and John 13:1-20<\/a>.<\/p>\n

I wonder if they came to this table\u2014those who fed him, those who followed him, those who provided for him, those who birthed him in flesh and spirit, those who touched him. Were any of them there?<\/em><\/p>\n

In Remembrance<\/em><\/p>\n

<\/em>When he washed
\nthe feet of his friends,
\ndid he remember
\nthe one who anointed his flesh
\nessentially?<\/p>\n

When he broke the bread,
\ndid he remember the one
\nwho opened her body
\nto bring him forth?<\/p>\n

When he poured the wine,
\ndid he remember the one
\nwho poured out her blood
\nto give him life?<\/p>\n

When he prayed for his friends
\ndid he remember the women
\nwho provided for him
\nout of their own resources?<\/p>\n

When they sang the song,
\ndid he remember the voice
\nof the one who rejoiced
\nwith his family in the temple?<\/p>\n

When they went out
\ndid he remember the women
\nwho had left everything behind
\nto journey with him?<\/p>\n

Ah, I think the women feasted
\nhere or somewhere,
\nbodies aching
\nas they broke the bread,
\nblood rising
\nas they shared the cup,
\neating slowly
\ndrinking deeply
\nfor the days to come
\nfor remembering.<\/p>\n

From Sacred Journeys<\/strong> \u00a9 Jan L. Richardson<\/em><\/p>\n

For an introduction to the Lenten journey we’re making here at Sanctuary of Women, visit <\/em>A Season of Spiraling<\/a>. <\/em>Today’s artwork originally appeared in In Wisdom’s Path: Discovering the Sacred in Every Season<\/strong><\/em> \u00a9 Jan L. Richardson.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Friday from Noon till Three (The Magdalene’s Lament) \u00a9 Jan L. Richardson Invocation God of the shadows, you accompany us even in our most painful times. May I know the abiding passion you have for me; may I taste it, drink of it, feel it in the touch of those who journey with me. Context […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7,4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-590","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-lent","category-sacred-time"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p190Xv-9w","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sanctuaryofwomen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/590","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sanctuaryofwomen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sanctuaryofwomen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sanctuaryofwomen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sanctuaryofwomen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=590"}],"version-history":[{"count":29,"href":"https:\/\/sanctuaryofwomen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/590\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":662,"href":"https:\/\/sanctuaryofwomen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/590\/revisions\/662"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sanctuaryofwomen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=590"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sanctuaryofwomen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=590"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sanctuaryofwomen.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=590"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}