Maundy Thursday | |||
Invitation to Confession | |||
Our Lord Jesus Christ says: | |||
'If you love me, keep my commandments.' | |||
'Unless I wash you, you have no part in me.' | |||
Let us confess to almighty God our sins against his love, | |||
and ask him to cleanse us. | |||
cf John 14.15; 13.8
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Gospel Acclamation | |||
Praise to you, O Christ, King of eternal glory. | |||
I give you a new commandment, says the Lord: | |||
Love one another as I have loved you. | |||
cf John 13.34
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Praise to you, O Christ, King of eternal glory. | ||
Introduction to the Peace | |||
Jesus says: 'Peace I leave with you; my peace I give to you. | |||
Do not let your hearts be troubled, neither let them be afraid.' | |||
cf John 14.27
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Eucharistic Prefaces | |||
Short Preface (contemporary language) | |||
And now we give you thanks | |||
because, having loved his own who were in the world, | |||
he loved them to the end; | |||
and on the night before he suffered, | |||
sitting at table with his disciples, | |||
he instituted these holy mysteries, | |||
that we, redeemed by his death | |||
and restored to life by his resurrection, | |||
might be partakers of his divine nature. | |||
Short Preface (traditional language) | |||
And now we give thee thanks | |||
because, having loved his own who were in the world, | |||
he loved them to the end; | |||
and on the night before he suffered, | |||
sitting at table with his disciples, | |||
he instituted these holy mysteries, | |||
that we, redeemed by his death | |||
and restored to life by his resurrection, | |||
might be partakers of his divine nature. | |||
Extended Preface for use with Eucharistic Prayers A, B and E | |||
It is indeed right to give you thanks, | |||
Father most holy, through Jesus Christ our Lord. | |||
For on this night he girded himself with a towel | |||
and, taking the form of a servant, | |||
washed the feet of his disciples. | |||
He gave us a new commandment | |||
that we should love one another as he has loved us. | |||
Knowing that his hour had come, | |||
in his great love he gave this supper to his disciples | |||
to be a memorial of his passion, | |||
that we might proclaim his death until he comes again, | |||
and feast with him in his kingdom. | |||
Therefore earth unites with heaven | |||
to sing a new song of praise; | |||
we too join with angels and archangels | |||
as they proclaim your glory without end: | |||
There is no blessing at the end of the Maundy Thursday liturgy. | |||
Additional material in President's Edition | |||