A Holy Week Meditation With Monty Python On the Brain

On the night of his arrest after he had been

Betrayed (Judas Priest!), Jesus gathered the

Disciples together, broke the bread, poured

The wine and said, “Remember what I told

You? Three times, no less already, I told you

That the Son of Man must suffer, die and on

The third day rise from the dead?  Well, I now

Have a more specific schedule to share with

You. On the first Sunday after the first full

Moon following the spring equinox, I’ll see

You right back here in the upper room.  The

Methodists won’t be using it then. Any

Questions? No? Alrighty then.  Waste not, want

Not. Take the bread I gave you and scoop

Up the last of that delicious hummus made by

Martha while Mary watched and rubbed my feet

With something really expensive; bottoms up

On the wine; sorry it’s a little watery; I was in

A hurry, understandably, and let’s head for the

garden after just one more chorus of ‘Always Look

on the Bright Side of Life.’  I  don’t want to be late

For a very important date.” The disciples collective-

Ly, in a rhetorical sort of way, said “What?

We were just beginning to catch on after three

Times to the three-day thing as strange as it sounds.

And speaking of strange, who ever came up with

December 25 as his birth date? Sheesh!” Amazed

At how he spoke with such authority, unlike the

Chief priests, elders and doctors of the law, they

Muttered among themselves, “Do you think he

Has been consulting again with  Melchior, Caspar

And Balthazar On his Blackberry?”