Eliza Cortez Bast Brings a poetic and prophetic voice to her experience of Consent and the Church. The Church and Consent Part Three COMMUNION by Eliza Cortez Bast (theologian, reverend, latina, pastora, madre, esposa, leader, E8w9, activator)
cup and loaf
i knew i would be
the one, the only one
let us rise, and we blinked
my body broken for you
every room and every seat, ever
place occupied
eyes and hand that
don't look like mine,
my body broken for
the pews with common faces,
and here, my brown hands
tearing white loaves
for you, for you
my body broken,
i consent
one cup
grapes squeezed and pressured
crushed so it can yield,
red like blood
fluid as tears,
come and drink
one loaf
grain from many fields
one cup
grapes from many hills
stand before God if you are able
let us pray
We have ridiculed and rebuked her
red lips and bold hoops
Lord, have mercy
We have discounted her passion as ethnic,
taking her power of conviction
Lord, have mercy
We have refused to invite her to our homes
as she does not look like us
Lord, have mercy
We have condemned her for taking her call
when she should have stayed home with her kids
Lord, have mercy
When she shows up as her full self, we have reminded
her how uncomfortable that makes us.
Lord, have mercy
Christ, have mercy
Lord, have mercy
this is my body broken,
broken for you
bits and pieces
gripped and ripped in two
this is my body
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