The Maundy Thursday Liturgy
Thursday, April 1, at 7:00 pm
Spoken responses are in bold typeface.
The Entrance Rite
Hymn: “Come, my Way, my Truth, my Life”
Come, my Way, my Truth, my Life: such a way, as gives us breath;
such a truth, as ends all strife; such a life as killeth death.
Come, my Light, my Feast, my Strength: such a light as shows a feast;
such a feast as mends in length; such a strength as makes his guest.
Come, my Joy, my Love, my Heart: such a joy as none can move;
such a love as none can part; such a heart as joys in love.
Opening Acclamation
Priest ✠ Bless the Lord who forgives all our sins.
People His mercy endures for ever.
Kyrie Eleison
Collect of the Day
Priest The Lord be with you.
People And also with you.
Priest Let us pray.
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, for ever and ever. Amen.
The Liturgy of the Word
First Lesson: Exodus 12:1-14
The Lord said to Moses and Aaron in the land of Egypt: This month shall mark for you the beginning of months; it shall be the first month of the year for you. Tell the whole congregation of Israel that on the tenth of this month they are to take a lamb for each family, a lamb for each household. If a household is too small for a whole lamb, it shall join its closest neighbor in obtaining one; the lamb shall be divided in proportion to the number of people who eat of it. Your lamb shall be without blemish, a year-old male; you may take it from the sheep or from the goats. You shall keep it until the fourteenth day of this month; then the whole assembled congregation of Israel shall slaughter it at twilight. They shall take some of the blood and put it on the two doorposts and the lintel of the houses in which they eat it. They shall eat the lamb that same night; they shall eat it roasted over the fire with unleavened bread and bitter herbs. Do not eat any of it raw or boiled in water, but roasted over the fire, with its head, legs, and inner organs. You shall let none of it remain until the morning; anything that remains until the morning you shall burn. This is how you shall eat it: your loins girded, your sandals on your feet, and your staff in your hand; and you shall eat it hurriedly. It is the passover of the Lord. For I will pass through the land of Egypt that night, and I will strike down every firstborn in the land of Egypt, both human beings and animals; on all the gods of Egypt I will execute judgments: I am the Lord. The blood shall be a sign for you on the houses where you live: when I see the blood, I will pass over you, and no plague shall destroy you when I strike the land of Egypt.
This day shall be a day of remembrance for you. You shall celebrate it as a festival to the Lord; throughout your generations you shall observe it as a perpetual ordinance.
Reader The Word of the Lord.
People Thanks be to God.
Psalm 116:1, 10-17
The Psalm is sung by the cantor
1 I love the Lord, because he has heard the voice of my supplication, *
because he has inclined his ear to me whenever I called upon him.
10 How shall I repay the Lord *
for all the good things he has done for me?
11 I will lift up the cup of salvation *
and call upon the Name of the Lord.
12 I will fulfill my vows to the Lord *
in the presence of all his people.
13 Precious in the sight of the Lord *
is the death of his servants.
14 O Lord, I am your servant; *
I am your servant and the child of your handmaid;
you have freed me from my bonds.
15 I will offer you the sacrifice of thanksgiving *
and call upon the Name of the Lord.
16 I will fulfill my vows to the Lord *
in the presence of all his people,
17 In the courts of the Lord’s house, *
in the midst of you, O Jerusalem.
Second Lesson: 1 Corinthians 11:23-26
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, and when he had given thanks, he broke it and said, “This is my body that is for you. Do this in remembrance of me.” 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.” For as often as you eat this bread and drink the cup, you proclaim the Lord’s death until he comes.
Reader The Word of the Lord.
People Thanks be to God.
Tract Sung by a cantor
The Gospel: John 13:1-17, 31b-35
Deacon The Holy Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ, according to John.
People Glory to you, Lord Christ.
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. The devil had already put it into the heart of Judas son of Simon Iscariot to betray him. And during supper Jesus, knowing that the Father had given all things into his hands, and that he had come from God and was going to God, got up from the table, took off his outer robe, and tied a towel around himself. 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. He came to Simon Peter, who said to him, “Lord, are you going to wash my feet?” Jesus answered, “You do not know now what I am doing, but later you will understand.” Peter said to him, “You will never wash my feet.” Jesus answered, “Unless I wash you, you have no share with me.” Simon Peter said to him, “Lord, not my feet only but also my hands and my head!” 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.” For he knew who was to betray him; for this reason he said, “Not all of you are clean.”
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? You call me Teacher and Lord—and you are right, for that is what I am. So if I, your Lord and Teacher, have washed your feet, you also ought to wash one another’s feet. For I have set you an example, that you also should do as I have done to you. Very truly, I tell you, servants are not greater than their master, nor are messengers greater than the one who sent them. If you know these things, you are blessed if you do them.
“Now the Son of Man has been glorified, and God has been glorified in him. If God has been glorified in him, God will also glorify him in himself and will glorify him at once. Little children, I am with you only a little longer. You will look for me; and as I said to the Jews so now I say to you, ‘Where I am going, you cannot come.’ I give you a new commandment, that you love one another. Just as I have loved you, you also should love one another. By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another.”
Deacon The Gospel of the Lord.
People Praise to you, Lord Christ.
Homily
The Prayers of the People
Deacon
We gather as the household of God: apostles, prophets, martyrs, servants, to pray for the Church and all humankind, saying: Lord, hear our prayer.
Reader
For the body of Christ, fractured in a world of violence and war, we pray especially for Justin, Archbishop of Canterbury; Francis, Bishop of Rome; Bartholomew, Ecumenical Patriarch of the Holy Orthodox Church. We pray for Michael our Presiding Bishop, and Daniel our Diocesan Bishop. We pray to the Lord: Lord, hear our prayer.
For refugees, for the homeless, and for all who have nowhere to lay their head, we pray to the Lord: Lord, hear our prayer.
For all victims of state and criminal violence around the world; for their healing and the healing of their loved ones, we pray to the Lord: Lord, hear our prayer.
For all in prison, and for their families, we pray to the Lord: Lord, hear our prayer.
For those unable to eat at the Lord’s Table, or at any other table, we pray to the Lord: Lord, hear our prayer.
For those who betray, and for those whom they betray, we pray to the Lord: Lord, hear our prayer.
For our enemies, and for those who would do us harm, we pray to the Lord: Lord, hear our prayer.
For all in any need, especially Polly, Stephen, Nick, Richard, Holly, Nina, Grace, Ellen, Russ, Amy, Lisa, Geraldine, Rani, staff members of the Moravian Pottery & Tile Works, Amanda, Joan, Peter, Donna, William, Jon, Willow, Barbara, Effie, Dolores, and Leslie, we pray to the Lord: Lord, hear our prayer.
For all those who have died in the hope of the Resurrection, especially Paul Sullivan and Robert Smith we pray to the Lord: Lord, hear our prayer.
For ourselves, for those who gather virtually or in-person, together as we celebrate the Lord’s Passover in the bread we eat and the cup we share, we pray to the Lord: Lord, hear our prayer.
The priest concludes with a collect.
Almighty God, we recall the wonders you worked for our ancestors, and we marvel at the love shown us by your Son. Hear us we pray in the name of your Son, Jesus Christ. Amen.
The Peace
Priest The peace of the Lord be always with you.
People And also with you.
Welcome & Announcements
The Holy Communion
The Altar is prepared with the elements of Holy Communion.
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Offertory Anthem Ave, Verum Corpus William Byrd
Ave verum corpus,
Natum de Maria virgine;
Vere passum immolatum
In crucis pro homine.
Cuius latus perforatum
Unda fluxit sanguine.
Esto nobis praegustatum
In mortis examine.
O dulcis, o pie,
O Jesu Fili Mariae,
Miserere mei. Amen.
Hail, true body,
Born of the virgin Mary;
Who has truly suffered, slaughtered
On the Cross for humanity.
Whose side was pierced,
Pouring out water and blood.
Be a foretaste for us
During our ordeal of death.
O sweet, o holy,
O Jesus Son of Mary,
Have mercy on me. Amen.
The Great Thanksgiving: Eucharistic Prayer B
Priest The Lord be with you.
People And also with you.
Priest Lift up your hearts.
People We lift them to the Lord.
Priest Let us give thanks to the Lord our God.
People It is right to give him thanks and praise.
The priest continues
It is right, and a good and joyful thing, always and everywhere to give thanks to you, Father Almighty, Creator of heaven and earth. Through Jesus Christ our Lord. For our sins he was lifted high upon the cross, that he might draw the whole world to himself; and, by his suffering and death, he became the source of eternal salvation for all who put their trust in him. Therefore we praise you, joining our voices with Angels and Archangels and with all the company of heaven, who for ever sing this hymn to proclaim the glory of your Name:
The Eucharistic Prayer continues.
We give thanks to you, O God, for the goodness and love which you have made known to us in creation; in the calling of Israel to be your people; in your Word spoken through the prophets; and above all in the Word made flesh, Jesus, your Son. For in these last days you sent him to be incarnate from the Virgin Mary, to be the Savior and Redeemer of the world. In him, you have delivered us from evil, and made us worthy to stand before you. In him, you have brought us out of error into truth, out of sin into righteousness, out of death into life.
On the night before he died for us, our Lord Jesus Christ took bread; and when he had given thanks to you, he broke it, and gave it to his disciples, and said, “Take, eat: This is my Body, which is given for you. Do this for the remembrance of me.”
After supper he took the cup of wine; and when he had given thanks, he gave it to them, and said, “Drink this, all of you: This is my Blood of the new Covenant, which is shed for you and for many for the forgiveness of sins. Whenever you drink it, do this for the remembrance of me.”
Therefore, according to his command, O Father,
Priest and People
We remember his death,
We proclaim his resurrection,
We await his coming in glory;
The priest continues
And we offer our sacrifice of praise and thanksgiving to you, O Lord of all; presenting to you, from your creation, this bread and this wine.
We pray you, gracious God, to send your Holy Spirit upon these gifts that they may be the Sacrament of the Body of Christ and his Blood of the new Covenant. Unite us to your Son in his sacrifice, that we may be acceptable through him, being sanctified by the Holy Spirit. In the fullness of time, put all things in subjection under your Christ, and bring us to that heavenly country where, with the ever-blessed Virgin Mary, blessed Saint Paul the Apostle, and all your saints, we may enter the everlasting heritage of your sons and daughters; through Jesus Christ our Lord, the firstborn of all creation, the head of the Church, and the author of our salvation.
By him, and with him, and in him, in the unity of the Holy Spirit all honor and glory is yours, Almighty Father, now and for ever.
People Amen.
And now, as our Savior Christ has taught us, we are bold to say,
People and Priest
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. For thine is the kingdom, and the power, and the glory, for ever and ever. Amen.
The Breaking of the Bread
The priest breaks the consecrated Bread. A period of silence is kept.
Priest Christ our Passover is sacrificed for us;
People Therefore let us keep the feast.
Fraction Anthem: Jesus, Lamb of God
Facing the people, the priest says The Gifts of God for the People of God.
Spiritual Communion: Act of Reception
During Communion, you are invited to say the following prayer form for receiving Spiritual Communion. Know that the grace of God is made present in your heart, even though the Sacrament is not received with the mouth.
In union, blessed Jesus, with the faithful gathered at every altar of your Church where your blessed Body and Blood are offered this day, I long to offer you praise and thanksgiving, for creation and all the blessings of this life, for the redemption won for us by your life, death, and resurrection, for the means of grace and the hope of glory.
I believe that you are truly present in the Holy Sacrament, and, since I cannot at this time receive communion, I pray you to come into my heart. I unite myself with you and embrace you with all my heart, my soul, and my mind. Let nothing separate me from you; let me serve you in this life until, by your grace, I come to your glorious kingdom and unending peace. Amen.
Come Lord Jesus, and dwell in my heart in the fullness of your strength; be my wisdom and guide me in right pathways; conform my life and actions to the image of your holiness; and, in the power of your gracious might, rule over every hostile power that threatens or disturbs the growth of your kingdom, who with the Father and the Holy Spirit, lives and reigns, one God, in glory everlasting. Amen.
Communion Anthem Ubi Caritas Maurice Duruflé
Ave verum corpus, Hail, true body,
Natum de Maria virgine; Born of the virgin Mary;
Vere passum Who has truly suffered, slaughtered
In crucis pro homine. On the Cross for humanity.
Cuius latus Whose side was pierced,
Unda fluxit sanguine. Pouring out water and blood.
Esto nobis praegustatum Be a foretaste for us
In mortis examine. During our ordeal of death.
O dulcis, o pie, O sweet, o holy,
O Jesu Fili Mariae, O Jesus Son of Mary,
Miserere mei. Amen. Have mercy on me. Amen.
After Communion, the priest says
Let us pray.
Priest and People
Almighty and everliving God, we thank you for feeding us with the spiritual food of the most precious Body and Blood of your Son our Savior Jesus Christ; and for assuring us in these holy mysteries that we are living members of the Body of your Son, and heirs of your eternal kingdom. And now, Father, send us out to do the work you have given us to do, to love and serve you as faithful witnesses of Christ our Lord. To him, to you, and to the Holy Spirit, be honor and glory, now and for ever. Amen.
The Solemn Prayer over the People
Priest Bow down before the Lord.
As the people kneel, the priest says the following prayer
Almighty God, we pray you graciously to behold this your family, for whom our Lord Jesus Christ was willing to be betrayed, and given into the hands of sinners, and to suffer death upon the cross; who lives and reigns for ever and ever. Amen.
Hymn: “Now, my tongue, the mystery telling”
During the hymn, the Sacrament is taken from the Church to the altar of repose in the Chapel.
Now, my tongue, the mystery telling of the glorious body sing,
and the blood, all price excelling, which the Gentiles' Lord and King,
in a Virgin's womb once dwelling, shed for this world's ransoming.Given for us, and condescending to be born for us below,
he, with us in converse blending, dwelt the seed of truth to sow,
till he closed with wondrous ending his most patient life of woe.That last night, at supper lying, 'mid the Twelve, his chosen band,
Jesus, with the law complying, keeps the feast its rites demand;
then, more precious food supplying, gives himself with his own hand.Word-made-flesh, true bread he maketh by his word his flesh to be,
wine his blood; which whoso taketh must from carnal thoughts be free:
faith alone, though sight forsaketh, shows true hearts the mystery.Therefore we, before him bending, this great sacrament revere:
types and shadows have their ending, for the newer rite is here;
faith, our outward sense befriending, makes our inward vision clear.Glory let us give and blessing to the Father and the Son,
honour, might, and praise addressing, while eternal ages run;
ever too his love confessing, who, from both, with both is One. Amen.
The Stripping of the Altar
Crosses, objects, and linens are removed until the Altar is stripped bare.
During the stripping, a hymn is sung.
Hymn: “Stay with me”
Stay with me, remain here with me,
Watch and pray. Watch and pray.
A reading of Psalm 22 then follows.
The altar party and the people depart in silence.
The Watch
A vigil will be kept throughout the night with the reserved Sacrament. This practice enables the faithful to have the benefit of receiving the Sacrament on Good Friday even though the Church cannot celebrate the Eucharist on this day. Come and spend an hour this evening with our Lord in these final moments before his death.
Service Participants
Celebrant: The Rev. Daniel T. Moore
Deacon & Preacher: The Rev. Matthew D. Simpson
Organist: W. Edward McCall
Eucharistic Minister: Christopher McCall
Acolyte: Madeleine Moore
Lector: Widgette Kelly
Cantor: Jill Dulany
A/V: Emery Kohut, Liam Kelly
Ushers: Michael Kelly, Widgette Kelly
Altar & Vessels: Jacky Grande, Widgette Kelly
Choir: George Achilles, Trudie Benton, Wendy Brumbaugh, Jill Dulany, Muriel Hastings, Nick Lindberg, Lisa Nordland, Laura Pankoe, Shelley Reed, Mike Roberts, Sue Roberts, Anne Shute, Jim Shute, Caitlin Stein, David Taylor, Deborah Taylor, Marian Wentworth
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