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MAUNDY
THURSDAY
EXODUS 12:1-4 (5-10), 11-14
PSALM
116:1, 10-17
1
CORINTHIANS 11:23-26
JOHN
13:1-17, 31B-35
COLLECT
O God,
your Son Jesus Christ
has left to us this meal of bread and wine
in which we share his body and his blood.
May we who celebrate this sign of his great love
show in our lives the fruits of his redemption;
through Jesus Christ our Lord,
who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and for ever.
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A
READING FROM THE BOOK OF EXODUS
The Lord said to Moses and Aaron in the land of Egypt: This month
shall mark for you the beginning of months; it shall be the first
month of the year for you. Tell the whole congregation of Israel
that on the tenth of this month they are to take a lamb for each
family, a lamb for each household. If a household is too small for
a whole lamb, it shall join its closest neighbour in obtaining
one; the lamb shall be divided in proportion to the number of
people who eat of it.
[Your
lamb shall be without blemish, a year-old male; you may take it
from the sheep or from the goats. You shall keep it until the
fourteenth day of this month; then the whole assembled
congregation of Israel shall slaughter it at twilight. They shall
take some of the blood and put it on the two doorposts and the
lintel of the houses in which they eat it. They shall eat the lamb
that same night; they shall eat it roasted over the fire with
unleavened bread and bitter herbs. Do not eat any of it raw or
boiled in water, but roasted over the fire, with its head, legs,
and inner organs. You shall let none of it remain until the
morning; anything that remains until the morning you shall burn.]
This
is how you shall eat it: your loins girded, your sandals on your
feet, and your staff in your hand; and you shall eat it hurriedly.
It is the Passover of the Lord. For I will pass through the land
of Egypt that night, and I will strike down every firstborn in the
land of Egypt, both human beings and animals; on all the gods of
Egypt I will execute judgements: I am the Lord. The blood shall be
a sign for you on the houses where you live: when I see the blood,
I will pass over you, and no plague shall destroy you when I
strike the land of Egypt. This day shall be a day of remembrance
for you. You shall celebrate it as a festival to the Lord;
throughout your generations you shall observe it as a perpetual
ordinance.
EXODUS 12:1-4 (5-10), 11-14
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PSALM
REFRAIN I will lift up the cup of salvation.
I
love the Lord, because he has heard the voice of my supplication,
because he has inclined his ear to me whenever I called upon him.
R
How
shall I repay the Lord for all the good things he has done for me?
I
will lift up the cup of salvation and call upon the name of the
Lord. R
I
will fulfil my vows to the Lord in the presence of all his people.
Precious
in the sight of the Lord is the death of his servants. R
O
Lord, I am your servant; I am your servant and the child of your
handmaid; you have freed me from my bonds.
I
will offer you the sacrifice of thanksgiving and call upon the
name of the Lord. R
I
will fulfil my vows to the Lord in the presence of all his people,
In
the courts of the Lord's house, in the midst of you, O Jerusalem.
Hallelujah!
PSALM 116:1, 10-17
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A
READING FROM THE FIRST LETTER OF PAUL TO THE CORINTHIANS
For I received from the Lord what I also handed on to you, that
the Lord Jesus on the night when he was betrayed took a loaf of
bread, and when he had given thanks, he broke it and said,
"This is my body that is for you. Do this in remembrance of
me." In the same way he took the cup also, after supper,
saying, "This cup is the new covenant in my blood. Do this,
as often as you drink it, in remembrance of me." For as often
as you eat this bread and drink the cup, you proclaim the Lord's
death until he comes.
1 CORINTHIANS 11:23-26
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THE
HOLY GOSPEL OF OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST
ACCORDING TO JOHN
Now before the festival of the Passover, Jesus knew that his hour
had come to depart from this world and go to the Father. Having
loved his own who were in the world, he loved them to the end. The
devil had already put it into the heart of Judas son of Simon
Iscariot to betray him. And during supper Jesus, knowing that the
Father had given all things into his hands, and that he had come
from God and was going to God, got up from the table, took off his
outer robe, and tied a towel around himself. Then he poured water
into a basin and began to wash the disciples' feet and to wipe
them with the towel that was tied around him. He came to Simon
Peter, who said to him, "Lord, are you going to wash my
feet?" Jesus answered, "You do not know now what I am
doing, but later you will understand." Peter said to him,
"You will never wash my feet." Jesus answered,
"Unless I wash you, you have no share with me." Simon
Peter said to him, "Lord, not my feet only but also my hands
and my head!" Jesus said to him, "One who has bathed
does not need to wash, except for the feet, but is entirely clean.
And you are clean, though not all of you." For he knew who
was to betray him; for this reason he said, "Not all of you
are clean." After he had washed their feet, had put on his
robe, and had returned to the table, he said to them, "Do you
know what I have done to you? You call me Teacher and Lord - and
you are right, for that is what I am. So if I, your Lord and
Teacher, have washed your feet, you also ought to wash one
another's feet. For I have set you an example, that you also
should do as I have done to you. Very truly, I tell you, servants
are not greater than their master, nor are messengers greater than
the one who sent them. If you know these things, you are blessed
if you do them. Now the Son of Man has been glorified, and God has
been glorified in him. If God has been glorified in him, God will
also glorify him in himself and will glorify him at once. Little
children, I am with you only a little longer. You will look for
me; and as I said to the Jews so now I say to you, 'Where I am
going, you cannot come.' I give you a new commandment, that you
love one another. Just as I have loved you, you also should love
one another. By this everyone will know that you are my disciples,
if you have love for one another."
JOHN 13:1-17, 31B-35
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PRAYER
OVER THE GIFTS
Father,
we spread this table
to remember the loving sacrifice of Jesus Christ, your Son.
Accept all we offer you this day.
Bind us together in his love
and in the love he has commanded us to bring one another;
through Jesus Christ our Lord.
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PRAYER
AFTER COMMUNION
Holy God,
source of all love,
on the night of his betrayal
Jesus gave his disciples a new commandment,
to love one another as he loved them.
Write this commandment in our hearts;
give us the will to serve others
as he was the servant of all,
who gave his life and died for us,
yet is alive and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and for ever.
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