Holy Thursday Worship Aid

Holy
Thursday
He took a towel and tied it around his waist. Then he poured
water into a basin and began to wash the disciples’ feet
and dry them with the towel around his waist. (Jn 13: 4-5)
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opening hymn
The Introductory Rite
ENTRANCE ANTIPHON (Cf. Gal 6:14)
We should glory in the Cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, in whom is our salvation, life and
resurrection, through whom we are saved and delivered.
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COLLECT
Let us pray (pause)
O God, who have called us to participate in this most sacred Supper, in which your Only Begotten Son, when
about to hand himself over to death, entrusted to the Church a sacrifice new for all eternity, the banquet of his
love, grant, we pray, that we may draw from so great a mystery, the fullness of charity and of life. Through our Lord
Jesus Christ, your Son, who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever.
R. Amen.
FIRST READING
A reading from the Book of Exodus (12:1-8, 11-14)
(The law regarding the Passover meal.)
The Liturgy of the Word
The Lord said to Moses and Aaron in the land of Egypt, “This month shall stand at the head of your calendar;
you shall reckon it the first month of the year. Tell the whole community of Israel: On the tenth of this month
every one of your families must procure for itself a lamb, one apiece for each household. If a family is too small
for a whole lamb, it shall join the nearest household in procuring one and shall share in the lamb in proportion
to the number of persons who partake of it. The lamb must be a year-old male and without blemish. You
may take it from either the sheep or the goats. You shall keep it until the fourteenth day of this month, and
then, with the whole assembly of Israel present, it shall be slaughtered during the evening twilight. They shall
take some of its blood and apply it to the two doorposts and the lintel of every house in which they partake of
the lamb. That same night they shall eat its roasted flesh with unleavened bread and bitter herbs. “This is how
you are to eat it: with your loins girt, sandals on your feet and your staff in hand, you shall eat like those who
are in flight. It is the Passover of the Lord. For on this same night I will go through Egypt, striking down every
firstborn of the land, both man and beast, and executing judgment on all the gods of Egypt —I, the Lord! But
the blood will mark the houses where you are. Seeing the blood, I will pass over you; thus, when I strike the
land of Egypt, no destructive blow will come upon you. “This day shall be a memorial feast for you, which all
your generations shall celebrate with pilgrimage to the Lord, as a perpetual institution.”
— The Word of the Lord.
R. Thanks be to God.
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RESPONSORIAL PSALM (116:12-13, 15-16c, 17-18)
R. Our blessing-cup is a communion with the Blood of Christ. (Cf. 1Cor 10:16)
How shall I make a return to the Lord for all the good he
has done for me? The cup of salvation I will take up, and
I will call upon the name of the Lord. (R)
Precious in the eyes of the Lord is the death of his faithful
ones. I am your servant, the son of your handmaid; you
have loosed my bonds. (R)
To you will I offer sacrifice of thanksgiving, and I will call
upon the name of the Lord. My vows to the Lord I will pay
in the presence of all his people. (R)
SECOND READING
A reading from the first Letter of Saint Paul to the Corinthians (11:23-26)
(For as often as you eat this bread and drink this cup, you proclaim the death of the Lord.)
Brothers and sisters: I received from the Lord what I also handed on to you, that the Lord Jesus, on the night
he was handed over, took bread, and, after he had given thanks, broke it and said, “This is my body that is for
you. Do this in remembrance of me.” In the same way also the cup, 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 death of the Lord until he comes.
— The Word of the Lord.
R. Thanks be to God.
GOSPEL ACCLAMATION (Jn 13:34)
R. Glory and praise to you, Lord Jesus Christ.
I give you a new commandment, says the Lord: love one another as I have loved you. (R)
GOSPEL
A reading from the holy Gospel according to John (13:1-15)
(Jesus loved them to the end.)
Before the feast of Passover, Jesus knew that his hour had come to pass from this world to the Father. He
loved his own in the world and he loved them to the end. The devil had already induced Judas, son of Simon
the Iscariot, to hand Jesus over. So, during supper, fully aware that the Father had put everything into his
power and that he had come from God and was returning to God, Jesus rose from supper and took off his
outer garments. He took a towel and tied it around his waist. Then he poured water into a basin and began to
wash the disciples’ feet and dry them with the towel around his waist. Jesus came to Simon Peter, who said
to him, “Master, are you going to wash my feet?” Jesus answered and said to Peter, “What I am doing, you do
not understand now, but you will understand later.” Peter said to Jesus, “You will never wash my feet.” Jesus
answered Peter, “Unless I wash you, you will have no inheritance with me.” Simon Peter said to Jesus, “Master,
then not only my feet, but my hands and head as well.” Jesus said to Peter, “Whoever has bathed has no need
except to have his feet washed, for he is clean all over; so you are clean, but not all.” For Jesus knew who would
betray him; for this reason, he said, “Not all of you are clean.” So when Jesus had washed their feet and put
his garments back on and reclined at table again, he said to them, “Do you realize what I have done for you?
You call me ‘teacher’ and ‘master,’ and rightly so, for indeed I am. If I, therefore, the master and teacher, have
washed your feet, you ought to wash one another’s feet. I have given you a model to follow, so that as I have
done for you, you should also do.”
— The Gospel of the Lord.
R. Praise to you, Lord Jesus Christ.
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offertory
The Liturgy of the Eucharist
COMMUNION ANTIPHON (1 Cor 11:24-25)
This is the Body that will be given up for you; this is the Chalice of the new covenant in my Blood, says the
Lord; do this, whenever you receive it, in memory of me.
An act of spiritual communion
*this is to be prayed at the time when we would normally receive communion*
My Jesus,
I believe that you are in
the blessed sacrament.
I love you above all things
and I long for you in my soul.
since I cannot now receive you sacramentally,
come at least spiritually
into my heart.
as though you have already come, I embrace
you
and unite myself entirely
to you; never permit me
to be separated from you.
Amen.
latin
Tantum ergo Sacramentum
Veneremur cernui:
Et antiquum documentum
Novo cedat ritui:
Praestet fides supplementum
Sensuum defectui.
Genitori, Genitoque
Laus et iubilatio,
Salus, honor, virtus quoque
Sit et benedictio:
Procedenti ab utroque
Compar sit laudatio.
closing hymn | Tantum ergo
english
Down in adoration falling,
Lo! the sacred Host we hail;
Lo! o’er ancient forms departing,
newer rites of grace prevail;
faith for all defects supplying,
where the feeble senses fail.
To the everlasting Father,
and the Son who reigns on high,
with the Holy Ghost proceeding
forth from Each eternally,
be salvation, honor, blessing,
might and endless majesty.
Amen.
Amen.
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prayer aid for Eucharistic Adoration
In the Garden of Gethsemane, Jesus said to His disciples, “so you could not keep watch with me for one hour?” (Mt 26:40) Tonight, Jesus
asks us to keep watch and pray with Him. St. Rose of Lima will keep its live stream going for Eucharistic Adoration so we may remain
with Him, Our Lord and Saviour. Here are a few aids that you may use in your prayer, but we encourage you to just be with the Lord.
how to Pray the Rosary
prayers of the rosary
step 1: Make the Sign of the Cross.
Step 2: Holding the Crucifix, say
the Apostles' Creed.
Step 3: On the first bead, say an
Our Father
Step 4: Say one Hail Mary on
each of the next three beads.
Step 5: Say the Glory Be For each of
the five decades
Step 6: Announce the Mystery*,
then say the Our Father.
*We recommend praying the
sorrowful mysteries this evening, which we
have listed at the bottom of this column
Step 7: While holding each bead of
the decade, say a Hail Mary while
meditating on the Mystery. Then
say a Glory Be.
Step 8: After finishing each decade,
some say the following prayer
requested by the Blessed Virgin
Mary at Fatima:
"O my Jesus, forgive us our sins, save
us from the fires of hell; lead all souls to
Heaven, especially those who have most
need of your mercy."
Step 9: After saying the five
decades, say the Hail, Holy Queen
Five Sorrowful Mysteries
1. The Agony in the Garden
2. The Scourging at the Pillar
3. The Crowning with Thorns
4. The Carrying of the Cross
5. The Crucifixion and Death
The Apostles' Creed
I believe in God,
the Father almighty,
Creator of heaven and earth,
and in Jesus Christ, his only Son,
our Lord,
who was conceived by the Holy
Spirit,
born of the Virgin Mary,
suffered under Pontius Pilate,
was crucified, died and was buried;
he descended into hell;
on the third day he rose again
from the dead;
he ascended into heaven,
and is seated at the right hand of
God the Father almighty;
from there he will come to judge
the living and the dead.
I believe in the Holy Spirit,
the holy catholic Church,
the communion of saints,
the forgiveness of sins,
the resurrection of the body,
and life everlasting.
Amen.
The Our Father
Our Father, who art in heaven,
hallowed be thy name;
thy kingdom come;
thy will be done on earth as it is in
heaven.
Give us this day our daily bread;
and forgive us our trespasses
as we forgive those who trespass
against us;
and lead us not into temptation,
but deliver us from evil.
Amen
The Hail Mary
Hail Mary, full of grace, the Lord is
with you;
blessed are you among women,
and blessed is the fruit of your
womb, Jesus.
Holy Mary, Mother of God,
pray for us sinners
now and at the hour of our death.
Amen.
The Glory Be (The Doxology)
Glory be to the Father, the Son,
and the Holy Spirit;
as it was in the beginning, is
now, and ever shall be,
world without end.
Amen.
The Hail Holy Queen
(The Salve Regina)
Hail, holy Queen,
mother of mercy,
our life, our sweetness, and
our hope.
To you we cry, poor banished
children of Eve;
to you we send up our sighs,
mourning and weeping in this
valley of tears.
Turn, then, most gracious
advocate,
your eyes of mercy toward us;
and after this, our exile,
show unto us the blessed fruit
of your womb, Jesus.
O clement, O loving, O sweet
Virgin Mary.
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There are four parts to Lectio Divina...
1. Lectio (reading)
An attentive, slow, repetitious recitation
of a short passage of scripture.
“looking on Holy Scripture with all one’s
will and wit”
Lectio Divina
2. Meditatio (meditation)
An effort to understand the passage and
apply it to my own life.
“a studious searching with the mind to
know what was before concealed”
3. Oratio (prayer)
Engaging or talking with God about the
passage.
“a devout desiring of the heart to get
what is good and avoid what is evil”
4. Contemplatio (contemplation)
Allowing oneself to be absorbed in the
words of God as the Holy Spirit draws us
into His presence through scripture.
“the lifting up of the heart to God tasting
somewhat of the heavenly sweetness”
Try this form of prayer now with tonight’s gospel
gospel of John
Chapter 13
The Washing of the Disciples’ Feet
1 Before the feast of Passover,* Jesus knew
that his hour had come to pass from this
world to the Father. He loved his own in the
world and he loved them to the end.
2 The devil had already induced* Judas,
son of Simon the Iscariot, to hand him over.
So, during supper,
3 fully aware that the Father had put
everything into his power and that he had
come from God and was returning to God,
4 he rose from supper and took off his
outer garments. He took a towel and tied it
around his waist.
5 Then he poured water into a basin and
began to wash the disciples’ feetd and dry
them with the towel around his waist.
6 He came to Simon Peter, who said to him,
“Master, are you going to wash my feet?”
7 Jesus answered and said to him, “What I
am doing, you do not understand now, but
you will understand later.”
8 Peter said to him, “You will never wash my
feet.” Jesus answered him, “Unless I wash
you, you will have no inheritance with me.”
9 Simon Peter said to him, “Master, then
not only my feet, but my hands and head
as well.”
10 Jesus said to him, “Whoever has
bathed has no need except to have his feet
washed, for he is clean all over; so you are
clean, but not all.”
11 For he knew who would betray him; for
this reason, he said, “Not all of you are clean.”
12 So when he had washed their feet [and]
put his garments back on and reclined at
table again, he said to them, “Do you realize
what I have done for you?
13 You call me ‘teacher’ and ‘master,’ and
rightly so, for indeed I am.
14 If I, therefore, the master and teacher, have
washed your feet, you ought to wash one
another’s feet.
15 I have given you a model to follow, so that
as I have done for you, you should also do.
16 Amen, amen, I say to you, no slave is
greater than his master nor any messenger
greater than the one who sent him.
17 If you understand this, blessed are you if
you do it.
18 I am not speaking of all of you. I know
those whom I have chosen. But so that the
scripture might be fulfilled, ‘The one who
ate my food has raised his heel against me.’
19 From now on I am telling you before it
happens, so that when it happens you may
believe that I AM.
20 Amen, amen, I say to you, whoever
receives the one I send receives me, and
whoever receives me receives the one who
sent me.”
Announcement of Judas’s Betrayal
21 When he had said this, Jesus was deeply
troubled and testified, “Amen, amen, I
say to you, one of you will betray me.”
22 The disciples looked at one another, at a
loss as to whom he meant.
23 One of his disciples, the one whom
Jesus loved, was reclining at Jesus’ side.
24 So Simon Peter nodded to him to find
out whom he meant.
25 He leaned back against Jesus’ chest
and said to him, “Master, who is it?”
26 Jesus answered, “It is the one to whom
I hand the morsel after I have dipped
it.” So he dipped the morsel and [took it
and] handed it to Judas, son of Simon the
Iscariot.
27 After he took the morsel, Satan entered
him. So Jesus said to him, “What
you are going to do, do quickly.”
28 [Now] none of those reclining at table
realized why he said this to him.
29 Some thought that since Judas kept
the money bag, Jesus had told him, “Buy
what we need for the feast,” or to give
something to the poor.
30 So he took the morsel and left at once.
And it was night.
The New Commandment
31 When he had left, Jesus said,* “Now is
the Son of Man glorified, and God is glorified
in him.
32 [If God is glorified in him,] God will also
glorify him in himself, and he will glorify
him at once.
33 My children, I will be with you only a
little while longer. You will look for me, and
as I told the Jews, ‘Where I go you cannot
come,’ so now I say it to you.
34 I give you a new commandment:* love
one another. As I have loved you, so you
also should love one another.
35 This is how all will know that you are my
disciples, if you have love for one another.”
Peter’s Denial Predicted
36 Simon Peter said to him, “Master, where
are you going?” Jesus answered [him],
“Where I am going, you cannot follow me
now, though you will follow later.”
37 Peter said to him, “Master, why can’t I follow
you now? I will lay down my life for you.”
38 Jesus answered, “Will you lay down
your life for me? Amen, amen, I say to you,
the cock will not crow before you deny me
three times.”
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