maundy thursday

​Date: April 14
Lectionary Link:  https://www.lectionarypage.net/YearABC_RCL/HolyWk/MaundyTh_RCL.html 
Contributor:  Angela Robinson
 
We gather as beloved community to share the Collect:
Almighty Father, whose dear Son, on the night before he suffered, instituted the Sacrament of his Body and Blood: Mercifully grant that we may receive it thankfully in remembrance of Jesus Christ our Lord, who in these holy mysteries gives us a pledge of eternal life; and who now lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.
 
The Mystical Supper
 
Behold the mysteries of faith
We gather as beloved community
We gather as lovers of the Lord
We gather as Jesus and the disciples did
 
We share Jesus’ last festival of the Passover
We wash feet as a deep acknowledgement of humility
We feel the love poured out as the wine, unknown to the disciples
It would be blood shed for us
We break the bread, unknown to the disciples
It would be a body broken for us
 
Behold the mysteries of faith
We gather as beloved community
We gather as followers of Jesus
We gather together to remember and obey the mandatum
 
This Maundy Thursday
Behold the mysteries of faith
We gather as beloved community
We gather in His name
We gather to share 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."