Maundy Thursday - 14 April 2022
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ENTRANCE HYMN      
 
This is the night, dear friends,
  the night for weeping
When darkness' power overcomes the Day,
The night the faithful mourn
  the weight of evil
Whereby our sins  the Son of Man betray
 
This night the traitor,
  wolf within the sheepfold,
Betrays himself  into his Victim's will;
The Lamb of God
  for sacrifice preparing,
Sin brings about  the cure for sin's own ill.
 
This night Christ institutes
  His holy supper,
Blest food and drink 
  for heart and soul and mind;
This night injustice joins
its hand to treason's,
And buys for death the ransom of mankind.
 
This night the Lord
  by slaves shall be arrested,
He who destroys our slavery to sin;
  Accused of crime, to criminals be given,
That judgement
   on the righteous judge begin.
 
O make us sharers,
  Saviour, of Your Passion,
That we may share  Your glory that shall be;
Let us pass through these
  three dark nights of sorrow
To Easter's laughter and its liberty.
                                                  Peter Abelard 1079-1142
                                                  tr Richard Sturch b1936 



INTRODUCTION
   
+ In the name of the Father, and of the Son,
and of the Holy Spirit. Amen.

The Lord be with you.
And with your spirit.

Penitential Act
 
Have mercy on us, O Lord.
   For we have sinned against you.
 
Show us, O Lord, your mercy.
   And grant us your salvation.
 
May almighty God have mercy on us,
forgive us our sins, and bring us to everlasting life.  
Amen.

KYRIE  
 
Kyrie eleison, Kyrie eleison
  Christe Eleison, Christe eleison
Kyrie eleison,  Kyrie eleison
 
 The priest intones the Gloria,

GLORIA
Gloria, in excelsis Deo.
 
ring a bell or make a noise!
 then the Gloria continues:
 
Et in terra pax hominibus
   bonae voluntatis.
Laudamus te,
  benedicimus te,
    adoramus te,
     glorificamus te,
gratias agimus tibi
propter magnam gloriam tuam,
 
Domine Deus, Rex caelestis,
  Deus Pater omnipotens.
Domine Fili unigenite Iesu Christe
  Domine Deus, Agnus Dei, Filius Patris,
   qui tollis perccata mundi, miserere nobis;
     qui tollis peccata mundi, 
  suscipe deprecationem nostram.
 
Qui sedes ad dexteram Patris,
   miserere nobis.
Quoniam tu solus Sanctus,
tu solus Dominus,
  tu solus Altissimus,
Iesu Christe, cum Sancto Spiritu:
  in gloria Dei Patris. Amen.

COLLECT
Let us pray.
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, God, for ever and ever. Amen.
  

LITURGY OF THE WORD
A reading from the book of the Exodus. 12:1-8.11-14

The Lord said to Moses and Aaron in the land of Egypt, "This month is to be the first of all the others for you, the first month of your year.  Speak to the whole community of Israel and say, 'On the tenth day of this month each man must take an animal from the flock, one for each family: one animal for each household.  If the household is too small to eat the animal, a man must join with his neighbour, the nearest to his house, as the number of persons requires.  You must take into account what each can eat in deciding the number for the animal.  It must be an animal without blemish, a male one year old; you may take it from either sheep or goats.  You must keep it till the fourteenth day of the month when the whole assembly of the community of Israel shall slaughter it between the two evenings.  Some of the blood must then be taken and put on the two doorposts and the lintel of the houses where it is eaten.  That night, the flesh is to be eaten, roasted over the fire; it must be eaten with unleavened bread and bitter herbs.  You shall eat it like this : with a girdle round your waist, sandals on your feet, a staff in your hand.  You shall eat it hastily : it is a passover in honour of the Lord.  That night, I will go through the land of Egypt and strike down all the first-born in the land of Egypt, man and beast alike, and I shall deal out punishment to all the gods of Egypt,  I am the Lord.  The blood shall serve to mark the houses that you live in.  When I see the blood I will pass over you and you shall escape the destroying plague when I strike the land of Egypt. This day is to be a day of remembrance for you, and you must celebrate it as a feast in the Lord's honour.  For all generations you are to declare it a day of festival, for ever'."
 
The word of the Lord.
Thanks be to God.

RESPONSORIAL  PSALM 115
 
The cup of blessing that we bless
  is a communion with the blood of Christ.
 
How can I repay the Lord
for his goodness to me ?
The cup of salvation I will raise:
I will call on the Lord's name.  R/
 
O precious in the eyes of the Lord
is the death of his faithful.
Your servant, Lord, your servant am I;
you have loosened my bonds .  R/
 
A thanksgiving sacrifice I make:
I will call on the Lord's name.
My vows to the Lord I will fulfil
before all his people.   R/

A reading from the first letter of St Paul to the Corinthians. 11:23-26
 
This is what I received from the Lord, and in turn passed on to you : that on the same night that he was betrayed, the Lord Jesus took some bread, and thanked God for it and broke it, and he said, "This is my body, which is for you; do this as a memorial of me."  In the same way he took the cup after supper, and said, "This is the new covenant in my blood.  Whenever you drink it, do this as a memorial of me."  Until the Lord comes, therefore, every time you eat this bread and drink this cup, you are proclaiming his death.
 
The word of the Lord.
Thanks be to God.  
(Stand)

GOSPEL ACLAMATION
Praise and honour to you, Lord Jesus!
I give you a new commandment:
   love one another
just as I have loved you,
   says the Lord.
Praise and honour to you, Lord Jesus!

THE HOLY GOSPEL
The Lord be with you.
And with your spirit.
A reading from the + Holy Gospel according to John.   13:1-15
Glory to you, O Lord.
 
It was before the festival of the Passover, and Jesus knew that the hour had come for him to pass from this world to the Father.  He had always loved those who were his in the world, but now he showed how perfect his love was.
 
They were at supper, and the devil had already put it into the mind of Judas Iscariot
son of Simon, to betray him.  Jesus knew that the Father had put everything into his hands, and that he had come from God and was returning to God, and he got up from table, removed his outer garment and, taking a towel, wrapped it round his waist; he then poured water into a basin and began to wash the disciples' feet and to wipe them with the towel he was wearing.
 
He came to Simon Peter, who said to him, "Lord, are you going to wash my feet ?"  Jesus answered, "At the moment you do not know what I am doing, but later you will understand."  "Never!" said Peter.  "You shall never wash my feet."  Jesus replied, "If I do not wash you, you can have nothing in common with me."  "Then, Lord," said Simon Peter "not only my feet, but my hands and my head as well!"  Jesus said, "No one who has taken a bath needs washing, he is clean all over.  You are clean, though not all of you are."  He knew who was going to betray him, that was why he said, "though not all of you are."
 
When he had washed their feet and put on his clothes again he went back to the table.  "Do you understand," he said, "what I have done to you ?  You call me Master and Lord, and rightly; so I am.  If I, then, your Lord and Master, have washed your feet, you should wash each other's feet.  I have given you an example so that you may copy what I have done to you."
 
The Gospel of the Lord.
Praise to you, Lord Jesus Christ.
 
Sit for a homily
  
After the silence,

OFFERINGS ARE PREPARED
 
There is no Washing of Feet this year, and no Presentation of the Holy Oils.
The Archbishop has celebrated the Chrism Mass, the Oils will be available later in the year.
 
The Mass continues with

THE LITURGY OF THE EUCHARIST
 
O thou, who at thy Eucharist did pray
 That all thy church might be for ever one,
Grant us at every Eucharist to say
  With longing heart and soul,
      'Thy will be done.'
Oh, may we all one Bread, one Body be,
  One through this Sacrament of unity.
 
For all thy church, O Lord, we intercede;
  Make thou our sad divisions
     soon to cease;
Draw us the nearer each to each, we plead,
  By drawing all to thee,
     O Prince of Peace:
Thus may we all one Bread, one Body be,
  One through this Sacrament of unity.
 
We pray thee too for wanderers
       from thy fold;
  O bring them back,
       good Shepherd of the sheep,
Back to the faith
       which saints believed of old,
  Back to the Church
     which still that faith doth keep:
Soon may we all one Bread, one Body be,
  One through this Sacrament of unity.
 
So, Lord, at length,
     when sacraments shall cease,
  May we be one with all thy Church above,
One with thy saints in one unbroken peace,
One with thy saints in one unbounded love:
More blessed still, in peace and love to be
  One with the Trinity in Unity.
                                                               William Turton 1856-1938

SANCTUS
 
Sanctus, Sanctus,
   Sanctus Dominus Deus Sabaoth.
Pleni sunt caeli et terra gloria tua.
   Hosanna in excelsis.
 
Benedictus qui venit in nomine Domini.
   Hosanna in excelsis.
 
Kneel for the Eucharistic Prayer
 

ACCLAMATION
 Save us Saviour of the world
  For by your Cross and Resurrection
You have set us free.
 

AGNUS DEI
 
Agnus Dei, qui tollis peccata mundi:
   miserere nobis.
Agnus Dei, qui tollis peccata mundi:
   miserere nobis.
Agnus Dei, qui tollis peccata mundi:
   dona nobis pacem.
 

COMMUNION HYMN
 
Once, only once, and once for all,
  His precious life he gave;
Before the cross in faith we fall,
  And own it strong to save.
 
'One offering, single and complete,'
  With lips and hearts we say;
But what he never can repeat
  He shows forth day by day.
 
For as the priest of Aaron's line
  Within the holiest stood,
And sprinkled all the mercy shrine
  With sacrificial blood;
 
So he, who once atonement wrought,
  Our priest of endless power,
Presents himself for those he bought
  In that dark noontide hour.
 
His Manhood pleads where now it lives
 On heaven's eternal throne,
And where in mystic rite he gives
  Its presence to his own.
 
And so we show thy death, O Lord,
  Till thou again appear,
And feel, when we approach thy board,
  We have an altar here.
                                                        William Bright 1824-1901
 
PRAYER AFTER COMMUNION
Grant, almighty God, that, just as we are renewed by the Supper of your Son in this present age, so we may enjoy his banquet for all eternity. Who lives and reigns for ever and ever.  Amen.
 
The priest now leaves without ceremony.
 
THE WATCH
 A Watch now follow. It will be a guided watch for one hour, although the stream will remain live until midnight.  You are invited to spend some time with the Lord in his Agony in the Garden, wherever you are this Holy Night.
 

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​Excerpts from the English translation and chants of The Roman Missal © 2010, International Commission on English in the Liturgy Corporation. All rights reserved. From The Jerusalem Bible © 1966 by Darton Longman & Todd Ltd and Doubleday and Company Ltd. From The Psalms: A New Translation © 1963 The Grail (England) published by HarperCollins used by permission of the publishers. CCLI Music 564083, Streaming 2015412