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| "Jesus Reads From The Book" -- by James Tissot |
Holy
Thursday: Chrism Mass
FIRST
READING: Isaiah
54: 1 - 3, 6, 8 - 9
1
Give praise, O thou barren, that bearest not: sing forth praise, and
make a joyful noise, thou that didst not travail with child: for many
are the children of the desolate, more than of her that hath a
husband, saith the Lord.
2
Enlarge the place of thy tent, and stretch out the skins of thy
tabernacles, spare not: lengthen thy cords, and strengthen thy
stakes.
3
For thou shalt pass on to the right hand, and to the left: and thy
seed shall inherit the Gentiles, and shall inhabit the desolate
cities.
6
For the Lord hath called thee as woman forsaken and mourning in
spirit, and as a wife cast off from her youth, said thy God.
8
In a moment of indignation have I hid my face a little while from
thee, but with everlasting kindness have I had mercy on thee, said
the Lord thy Redeemer.
9
This thing is to me as in the days of Noe, to whom I swore, that I
would no more bring in the waters of Noe upon the earth: so have I
sworn not to be angry with thee, and not to rebuke thee.
PSALM:
Psalms 89:
21 - 22, 25, 27
21
For my hand shall help him: and my arm shall strengthen him.
22
The enemy shall have no advantage over him: nor the son of iniquity
have power to hurt him.
25
And I will set his hand in the sea; and his right hand in the rivers.
27
And I will make him my firstborn, high above the kings of the earth.
SECOND
READING: Revelation
1: 5 - 8
5
And from Jesus Christ, who is the faithful witness, the first
begotten of the dead, and the prince of the kings of the earth, who
hath loved us, and washed us from our sins in his own blood,
6
And hath made us a kingdom, and priests to God and his Father, to him
be glory and empire for ever and ever. Amen.
7
Behold, he cometh with the clouds, and every eye shall see him, and
they also that pierced him. And all the tribes of the earth shall
bewail themselves because of him. Even so. Amen.
8
I am Alpha and Omega, the beginning and the end, saith the Lord God,
who is, and who was, and who is to come, the Almighty.
GOSPEL:
Luke 4:
16 - 21
16
And he came to Nazareth, where he was brought up: and he went into
the synagogue, according to his custom, on the sabbath day; and he
rose up to read.
17
And the book of Isaias the prophet was delivered unto him. And as he
unfolded the book, he found the place where it was written:
18
The Spirit of the Lord is upon me. Wherefore he hath anointed me to
preach the gospel to the poor, he hath sent me to heal the contrite
of heart,
19
To preach deliverance to the captives, and sight to the blind, to set
at liberty them that are bruised, to preach the acceptable year of
the Lord, and the day of reward.
20
And when he had folded the book, he restored it to the minister, and
sat down. And the eyes of all in the synagogue were fixed on him.
21
And he began to say to them: This day is fulfilled this scripture in
your ears.
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| "Washing of the Feet" -- by James Tissot |
Holy
Thursday: Evening Mass of the Lord's Supper
FIRST
READING: Exodus
12: 1 - 8, 11 - 14
1
And the Lord said to Moses and Aaron in the land of Egypt:
2
This month shall be to you the beginning of months: it shall be the
first in the months of the year.
3
Speak ye to the whole assembly of the children of Israel, and say to
them: On the tenth day of this month let every man take a lamb by
their families and houses.
4
But if the number be less than may suffice to eat the lamb, he shall
take unto him his neighbour that joineth to his house, according to
the number of souls which may be enough to eat the lamb.
5
And it shall be a lamb without blemish, a male, of one year:
according to which rite also you shall take a kid.
6
And you shall keep it until the fourteenth day of this month: and the
whole multitude of the children of Israel shall sacrifice it in the
evening.
7
And they shall take of the blood thereof, and put it upon both the
side posts, and on the upper door posts of the houses, wherein they
shall eat it.
8
And they shall eat the flesh that night roasted at the fire, and
unleavened bread with wild lettuce.
11
And thus you shall eat it: you shall gird your reins, and you shall
have shoes on your feet, holding staves in your hands, and you shall
eat in haste: for it is the Phase (that is the Passage) of the Lord.
12
And I will pass through the land of Egypt that night, and will kill
every firstborn in the land of Egypt both man and beast: and against
all the gods of Egypt I will execute judgments: I am the Lord.
13
And the blood shall be unto you for a sign in the houses where you
shall be: and I shall see the blood, and shall pass over you: and the
plague shall not be upon you to destroy you, when I shall strike the
land of Egypt.
14
And this day shall be for a memorial to you: and you shall keep it a
feast to the Lord in your generations with an everlasting observance.
PSALM:
Psalms 116:
12 - 13, 15 - 18
12
What shall I render to the Lord, for all the things that he hath
rendered to me?
13
I will take the chalice of salvation; and I will call upon the name
of the Lord.
15
Precious in the sight of the Lord is the death of his saints.
16
O Lord, for I am thy servant: I am thy servant, and the son of thy
handmaid. Thou hast broken my bonds:
17
I will sacrifice to thee the sacrifice of praise, and I will call
upon the name of the Lord.
18
I will pay my vows to the Lord in the sight of all his people.
SECOND
READING: 1
Corinthians 11: 23 - 26
23
For I have received of the Lord that which also I delivered unto you,
that the Lord Jesus, the same night in which he was betrayed, took
bread.
24
And giving thanks, broke, and said: Take ye, and eat: this is my
body, which shall be delivered for you: this do for the commemoration
of me.
25
In like manner also the chalice, after he had supped, saying: This
chalice is the new testament in my blood: this do ye, as often as you
shall drink, for the commemoration of me.
26
For as often as you shall eat this bread, and drink the chalice, you
shall shew the death of the Lord, until he come.
GOSPEL:
John 13:
1 - 15
1
Before the festival day of the pasch, Jesus knowing that his hour was
come, that he should pass out of this world to the Father: having
loved his own who were in the world, he loved them unto the end.
2
And when supper was done, (the devil having now put into the heart of
Judas Iscariot, the son of Simon, to betray him,)
3
Knowing that the Father had given him all things into his hands, and
that he came from God, and goeth to God;
4
He riseth from supper, and layeth aside his garments, and having
taken a towel, girded himself.
5
After that, he putteth water into a basin, and began to wash the feet
of the disciples, and to wipe them with the towel wherewith he was
girded.
6
He cometh therefore to Simon Peter. And Peter saith to him: Lord,
dost thou wash my feet?
7
Jesus answered, and said to him: What I do thou knowest not now; but
thou shalt know hereafter.
8
Peter saith to him: Thou shalt never wash my feet. Jesus answered
him: If I wash thee not, thou shalt have no part with me.
9
Simon Peter saith to him: Lord, not only my feet, but also my hands
and my head.
10
Jesus saith to him: He that is washed, needeth not but to wash his
feet, but is clean wholly. And you are clean, but not all.
11
For he knew who he was that would betray him; therefore he said: You
are not all clean.
12
Then after he had washed their feet, and taken his garments, being
set down again, he said to them: Know you what I have done to you?
13
You call me Master, and Lord; and you say well, for so I am.
14
If then I being your Lord and Master, have washed your feet; you also
ought to wash one another's feet.
15
For I have given you an example, that as I have done to you, so you
do also.
