Maundy Thursday

Thursday 14 April 2021
19:00: Eucharist of the Last Supper
This includes a Passover Meal, followed by Foot Washing, the Eucharist, Procession of the Blessed Sacrament, Stripping of the Altar and Watch until 22:00.

Celebrant & Preacher: Revd. Roger Chapman

Readings:
from the New Testament • 1 Corinthians 11.23-26
the Gospel reading • John 13.1-17,31b-35
other readings for the day • Exodus 12.1-4[5-10], 11-14 • Psalm 116.1,10-17

Collect:
God our Father,
you have invited us to share in the supper
which your Son gave to his Church
to proclaim his death until he comes:
may he nourish us by his presence,
and unite us in his love;
who is alive and reigns with you,
in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and for ever.

The Epistle:
1 Corinthians 11.23-26
The Institution of the Lord’s Supper
11²³ For I received from the Lord what I also handed on to you, that the Lord Jesus on the night when he was betrayed took a loaf of bread, ²⁴ and when he had given thanks, he broke it and said, ‘This is my body that is for[a] you. Do this in remembrance of me.’ ²⁵ In the same way he took the cup also, after supper, saying, ‘This cup is the new covenant in my blood. Do this, as often as you drink it, in remembrance of me.’ ²⁶ For as often as you eat this bread and drink the cup, you proclaim the Lord’s death until he comes.

The Gospel:
John 13.1-17,31b-35
Jesus Washes the Disciples’ Feet
13¹ Now before the festival of the Passover, Jesus knew that his hour had come to depart from this world and go to the Father. Having loved his own who were in the world, he loved them to the end. ² The devil had already put it into the heart of Judas son of Simon Iscariot to betray him. And during supper ³ Jesus, knowing that the Father had given all things into his hands, and that he had come from God and was going to God, ⁴ got up from the table, took off his outer robe, and tied a towel around himself. ⁵ Then he poured water into a basin and began to wash the disciples’ feet and to wipe them with the towel that was tied around him. ⁶ He came to Simon Peter, who said to him, ‘Lord, are you going to wash my feet?’ ⁷ Jesus answered, ‘You do not know now what I am doing, but later you will understand.’ ⁸ Peter said to him, ‘You will never wash my feet.’ Jesus answered, ‘Unless I wash you, you have no share with me.’ ⁹ Simon Peter said to him, ‘Lord, not my feet only but also my hands and my head!’ ¹⁰ Jesus said to him, ‘One who has bathed does not need to wash, except for the feet, but is entirely clean. And you are clean, though not all of you.’ ¹¹ For he knew who was to betray him; for this reason he said, ‘Not all of you are clean.’¹² After he had washed their feet, had put on his robe, and had returned to the table, he said to them, ‘Do you know what I have done to you? ¹³ You call me Teacher and Lord—and you are right, for that is what I am. ¹⁴ So if I, your Lord and Teacher, have washed your feet, you also ought to wash one another’s feet. ¹⁵ For I have set you an example, that you also should do as I have done to you. ¹⁶ Very truly, I tell you, servants are not greater than their master, nor are messengers greater than the one who sent them. ¹⁷ If you know these things, you are blessed if you do them.