Maundy Thursday (Holy Thursday)
Liturgical Year B -
April 5, 2012
Maundy Thursday is the night of the final meal that Jesus had with his disciples.
In the Christian calendar, Maundy Thursday, Sheer Thursday, or Holy Thursday,
the Thursday before Easter. It celebrates Jesus's last supper before his
execution. Traditionally, it is the day when Jesus washed the feet of his
disciples and told them to serve others as he served them. Consequently, in many
churches, both Protestant and Roman Catholic, the priest or pastor washes the
feet of his congregants on this day.
"Do you understand what I have done for you? You call me
'Teacher' and 'Lord,' and rightly so, for that is what I am.
Now that I, your Lord and Teacher, have washed your feet,
you also should wash one another's feet. I have set you an
example that you should do as I have done for you. I tell
you the truth, no servant is greater than his master, nor is
a messenger greater than the one who sent him. Now that you
know these things, you will be blessed if you do them."
| The Gospel of Saint John 13:1-17, 31-35 | |
| 13:1 | 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. |
| 13:2 | And when supper was done, (the devil having now put into the heart of Judas Iscariot, the son of Simon, to betray him,) |
| 13:3 | Knowing that the Father had given him all things into his hands, and that he came from God, and goeth to God; |
| 13:4 | He riseth from supper, and layeth aside his garments, and having taken a towel, girded himself. |
| 13:5 | 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. |
| 13:6 | He cometh therefore to Simon Peter. And Peter saith to him: Lord, dost thou wash my feet? |
| 13:7 | Jesus answered, and said to him: What I do thou knowest not now; but thou shalt know hereafter. |
| 13:8 | 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. |
| 13:9 | Simon Peter saith to him: Lord, not only my feet, but also my hands and my head. |
| 13:10 | 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. |
| 13:11 | For he knew who he was that would betray him; therefore he said: You are not all clean. |
| 13:12 | 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? |
| 13:13 | You call me Master, and Lord; and you say well, for so I am. |
| 13:14 | If then I being your Lord and Master, have washed your feet; you also ought to wash one another's feet. |
| 13:15 | For I have given you an example, that as I have done to you, so you do also. |
| 13:16 | Amen, amen I say to you: The servant is not greater than his lord; neither is the apostle greater than he that sent him. |
| 13:17 | If you know these things, you shall be blessed if you do them. |
| 13:31 | When he therefore was gone out, Jesus said: Now is the Son of man glorified, and God is glorified in him. |
| 13:32 | If God be glorified in him, God also will glorify him in himself; and immediately will he glorify him. |
| 13:33 | Little children, yet a little while I am with you. You shall seek me; and as I said to the Jews: Whither I go you cannot come; so I say to you now. |
| 13:34 | A new commandment I give unto you: That you love one another, as I have loved you, that you also love one another. |
| 13:35 | By this shall all men know that you are my disciples, if you have love one for another. |
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