Holy Thursday

We who have been Catholic most of our lives tend to not expect any surprises during the week that begins with Palm Sunday. We know we’re going to do a lot of standing and kneeling, a bit of fasting, and then a lot of feasting. We know the…

1. Attend the Chrism Mass  At Mass on the morning of Holy Thursday or another day near Easter, each diocese’s bishop consecrates the Holy Chrism that will be used throughout the year. Two other oils are also blessed on this occasion; the…

He took a towel and tied it around his waist. (John 13:4) After my mother died we divvied up her things. One thing I wanted badly was one of her aprons. You know the kind: large bib, long strings, and at least one pocket. Now every time I…

Holy Thursday Chrism Mass Readings: Isaiah 61:1-3A, 6A, 8B-9 Psalms 89:21-22, 25, 27 Revelation 1:5-8 Luke 4:16-21 Evening Mass Readings: Exodus 12:1-8, 11-14 Psalms 116:12-13, 15-16BC, 17-18 1 Corinthians 11:23-26 John 13:1-15

Holy Thursday No man took his life; he laid it down himself. — MSGR. ROBERT HUGH BENSON

Tonight we begin a journey that takes us from the table to the cross and onward to new life lived in the shadow of that cross and in the light of the Risen Son. And so we wash feet. What a strange time Jesus chose to wash feet — during…

Holy Thursday Chrism Mass Readings: Isaiah 61:1-3A, 6A, 8B-9 Psalms89:21-22, 25, 27 Revelations 1:5-8 Luke 4:16-21 Evening Mass Readings: Exodus 12:1-8, 11-14 Psalms 116:12-13, 15-16BC, 17-18 1 Corinthians 11:23-26 John 13:1-15

Holy Thursday When you place a Eucharistic spark in a soul, you have implanted therein a divine seed of life and of all the virtues, which is self-sufficient. — St. Peter Julian Eymard

Pope Francis will celebrate the Holy Thursday Mass of the Lord's Supper with inmates near Rome. The Mass includes the foot-washing ritual conducted on Holy Thursday, one that commemorates the Gospel narrative of Jesus washing the feet of…