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What Holy Thursday Is All About. by Richieboyn: 5:31am On Apr 02, 2015 |
HOLY THURSDAY. TODAY MARKS THE BEGINNING OF EASTER TRIDUUM. (A 3day period before Easter. Holy Thursday, Good Friday and Holy Saturday). Holy Thursday(Maundy Thursday) is the day before Good Friday and it commemorates the 'Washing of the disciples feet' by our Lord'- A sign of his humility and service. And it also commemorates the LAST SUPPER of Jesus Christ with his disciples. On Holy Thursday there is a special Mass in the morning in all Cathedrals, (commonly known as the 'Chrism Mass' or 'Cathedraticum') attended by as many priests and congregation of the diocese as can attend, because it is a solemn observance of Christ's institution of the priesthood. At this 'Chrism Mass', the Bishop blesses the Oil of Chrism used for Baptism and Confirmation. The bishop washes the feet of twelve of the priests, to symbolize Christ's washing of the feet of His Apostles, the first priests. (Note that in some diocese' this Chrism mass has been shifted to be celebrated on any day shortly before the Holy week. E.g Abuja Archdiocese). This was adopted because in times past, the priests got back late to their parishes for the evening liturgy. The Holy Thursday liturgy, is celebrated in the evening because Passover of Jesus with His disciples began at sunset, it shows both the worth Jesus ascribes to the humility of service, and the need for cleansing with water (a symbol of baptism). The officiating priest also strips of his Chasuble-d BIG outer garment he wear (in imitation of Jesus-John 13:4) and washes the feet of 12male parishoners. The action of the Church on Holy Thursday night is a sign of the Church's REVERENCE for Christ's Body present in the CONSECRATED HOST in the Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament, carried in SOLEMN PROCESSION admist chants of 'Pangue Lingua Gloriosi' to the flower-bedecked Altar of Repose, where it will remain hidden until the communion service on Good Friday. It can also be kept in the Chapel of the Parish house for security purposes. No Mass will be celebrated again in the Church until the Easter Vigil proclaims the Resurrection. And finally, there is the Adoration of the Blessed Sacrament by the congregation during the night (They are divided into groups. An hour of adoration for each group. (Just our Lord admonished His disciples to do in Mark 14:37 during His agony in the Garden of Gethsemane before the betrayal by Judas). Holy Thursday is the day on which Catholics commemorate the institution of three pillars of the Catholic Faith: the Sacrament of HOLY COMMUNION, the PRIESTHOOD, and the MASS. During the Last Supper, Christ blessed the bread and wine with the very words that priests use today to consecrate the Body and Blood of Christ during the Mass and the Divine Liturgy. In telling His disciples to "Do this in remembrance of Me," He instituted the Mass and made them the first priests. NOTE: The liturgical colour of Today is WHITE signifying salvation. The Gloria is chanted with the use of piano and other musical instruments while bells are rung by the altarservers in d church during the Gloria. After the Gloria, ALL THE BELLS AND MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS GO SILENT until Holy Saturday. All singing is to be done in Accapela (natural voice, no accompaniment). In place of the Altar bells, a WOODEN CLAPPER is used during consecration and while transferring the Body of Christ to the Altar of repose for Veneration. (An analogy has it that the ringing of bells signify the joy the disciples had with Jesus shortly before his Agony in the garden and that the reason for the clapper is a symbol of the fear that enveloped the disciples knowin fully well that their master was about to die, so they talked in hush tones). Goodmorning.
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