MAUNDY THURSDAY, APRIL 14, 2022 Scripture
Reading: John 13:1–17, 31b–35
Additional Scriptures: Exodus
12:1–14; Psalm 116:1–2, 12–19; 1 Corinthians 11:23–26
Peter gives voice to the scandal
of Jesus’ actions. “Lord, are you going to wash my feet?” When Jesus says that
Peter will understand later what he is doing, Peter objects even more strongly:
“You will never wash my feet.”We are reminded Peter’s objections in Mark’s
Gospel when Jesus speaks of his impending suffering and death (Mark 8:32).
Here, as in Mark, Jesus corrects Peter: “Unless I wash you, you have no share
with me.” To which Peter responds, “Lord, not my feet only, but also my hands
and my head!” (13:6-9).
O Lord, I am in need of a Shepherd to seek and save me, for I am a
straying sheep. You are the Good Shepherd who seeks and saves the lost. Save
me, O Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world.
O Lord God, who hast left unto us in a wonderful Sacrament a memorial
of Thy Passion, grant, we beseech Thee, that we may so use this Sacrament of
Thy body and blood that the fruits of Thy redemption may continually be
manifest in us.
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,
forever and ever. Amen [2]
[1] M
Thursday copyright © Ed Riojas Higher Things
[2]Collect
for Maundy Thursday, http://www.liturgies.net/Lent/LentenCollects.htm
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