THE Last Supper
SCENE 7
Listen to the audio live in the room and then proceed to The Last Supper pt 2.
TRANSCRIPTION
Manservant: Oh, hello. I was just cleaning up, can I help you with anything?
Peter: (dismissing his question) I can’t believe what just happened (he sits down, pondering )
Manservant: (excited) In all my years serving the Passover meal for my master and his guests, I never witnessed anything like this before! Who is this man you call Jesus? As soon as I saw Him, I was overcome with peace. He spoke with gentleness and authority at the same time!
Peter: (as if talking to himself) What did Jesus mean that Satan would sift me like wheat?
Manservant: (cleaning up) He went through the steps of the Seder and how amazing was it that everything pointed back to Him! Then when He took the bread saying it was His body and would be broken for you?! How about when He lifted a cup and said it was His blood, given for you?! I’m not exactly sure what all this meant, but I knew in my heart that He was speaking the truth!
Peter: Why would He say I would deny Him? I would die for Him!
Manservant: Then the unthinkable…how about when He washed your feet? (Amazed) Jesus, your rabbi but yet He did what only servants do. I could tell you looked very uncomfortable Peter. He did this with such love and tenderness, what a beautiful sight to see. And He did this for every man in the room!
Peter: (puzzled) But who will betray Him? I don’t understand why He would say that?
Manservant: (pausing his cleaning to answer Peter) You know, I heard Him talk about the betrayal, I was stunned! I have experienced betrayal before and there is no way I would sit at the same table with that person. But the love Jesus displayed for all of you, I’m a changed man!
Peter: I have to go, I must catch up with Jesus. (Walking out, he spots his sword, stops to examine it, and takes it)
NARRATOR/REFLECTION: Jesus’ love is unlike any love we will ever experience. He washed the feet of each disciple knowing that they would deny and even betray Him. And He calls us to love in this same way. To wash each others feet. The disciples didn’t fully understand everything that Jesus told them. Sometimes, neither will we and that’s ok. Because our God is all knowing. He sees everything and that is enough. Is there anyone you are failing to love well? Is there anyone you need to forgive?
Even when we fail to love others the way we should, Jesus never fails to love us. And so it is safe for us to admit when we fail. Because nothing we do can ever separate us from His love.