| 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. | |||
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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. | |||
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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.' | |||
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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 | |||