Kabare Carving: Heavenly Banquet

Date added: 30/01/2026

The right mahogany door relief, based on Matthew 8:17, at the entrance to the chapel of St Andrew’s College, Kabare, Kenya, carved by Benson Ndaka in 1991. Commissioned and photo: Graham Kings

In Capernaum, long ago,

    ‘Lord, I am not worthy to receive you,

    but only say the word.’

On that Day, to the Mountain of the Lord,

    people from all nations will stream

    from north, south, east and west,

    to sit at table in the Kingdom of God,

    with Abraham, Isaac and Jacob,

    and the Lord of heaven and earth.

Feeding of five thousand,

    supper in the Upper Room,

    Communion across the world,

    consummation in heaven.

Three feed into one

    in every place,

    in every time,

    to end all time.

Isaiah’s songs in the night

    are sung in many tongues

    in Everlasting Day.

The Lamb who was slain

    has begun his reign!

    Halleluiah!

Graham Kings

(Matthew 8:5-15; Isaiah 2:2; Matthew 8:11; Isaiah 30:39)

2 Dec 2025, St Beuno’s Jesuit Centre, Wales

For the series of 7 Kabare carvings, by Benson Ndaka, and 7 poems, by Graham Kings, click here.