Liturgical Music
3|29|26 - Holy Thursday-Evening Mass of the Lord’s Supper(A)
Entrance: Gather the People
Refrain:
Gather the people! Enter the feast!
All are invited, the greatest and least.
The banquet is ready, now to be shared.
Join in the heavenly feast that God has prepared.
Verse 1:
Around this table we dine as kin,
beloved family of God.
We share the body of Christ, the Lord.
Here we become what we eat. [Refrain]
Verse 2:
Around this table we tell great tales,
the wondrous stories of grace.
We hold the memory of Christ, the Lord.
So we become what we eat. [Refrain]
Verse 3:
Around this table God’s bounty falls
on all who hunger and thirst.
We drink the fullness of Christ, the Lord.
So we become what we eat. [Refrain]
GLORY
[Refrain]
Glory! Glory to God in the highest.
Glory! Glory to God in the highest,
and on earth peace to people of good will.
[Verse 1]
We praise you, we bless you,
we adore you, we glorify you,
we give you thanks for your great glory,
Lord God heavenly King,
O God almighty Father.
[Refrain]
[Verse 2]
Lord Jesus Christ,
Only Begotten Son,
Lord God, Lamb of God,
Son of the Father,
You take away the sins of the world,
have mercy on us;
You take away the sins of the world,
receive our prayer;
you are seated at the right hand of the Father,
have mercy on us.
[Refrain]
[Verse 3]
For you alone are the Holy One,
You alone are the Lord,
You alone are the Most High, Jesus Christ,
with the Holy Spirit,
in the Glory of God the Father.
[Final Refrain]
Glory! Glory to God in the highest.
Glory! Glory to God in the highest,
and on earth peace to people of good will.
Amen!
Lectionary: 39
1st reading
Exodus 12:1-8, 11-14
A reading from the Book of the Exodus
The LORD said to Moses and Aaron in the land of Egypt,
“This month shall stand at the head of your calendar;
you shall reckon it the first month of the year.
Tell the whole community of Israel:
On the tenth of this month every one of your families
must procure for itself a lamb, one apiece for each household.
If a family is too small for a whole lamb,
it shall join the nearest household in procuring one
and shall share in the lamb
in proportion to the number of persons who partake of it.
The lamb must be a year-old male and without blemish.
You may take it from either the sheep or the goats.
You shall keep it until the fourteenth day of this month,
and then, with the whole assembly of Israel present,
it shall be slaughtered during the evening twilight.
They shall take some of its blood
and apply it to the two doorposts and the lintel
of every house in which they partake of the lamb.
That same night they shall eat its roasted flesh
with unleavened bread and bitter herbs.
“This is how you are to eat it:
with your loins girt, sandals on your feet and your staff in hand,
you shall eat like those who are in flight.
It is the Passover of the LORD.
For on this same night I will go through Egypt,
striking down every firstborn of the land, both man and beast,
and executing judgment on all the gods of Egypt—I, the LORD!
But the blood will mark the houses where you are.
Seeing the blood, I will pass over you;
thus, when I strike the land of Egypt,
no destructive blow will come upon you.
“This day shall be a memorial feast for you,
which all your generations shall celebrate
with pilgrimage to the LORD, as a perpetual institution.”
Thanks be to God.
Responsorial Psalm
Psalm 116:12-13, 15-16bc, 17-18.
R. (cf. 1 Cor 10:16) Our blessing-cup is a communion with the Blood of Christ.
How shall I make a return to the LORD
for all the good he has done for me?
The cup of salvation I will take up,
and I will call upon the name of the LORD.
R. Our blessing-cup is a communion with the Blood of Christ.
Precious in the eyes of the LORD
is the death of his faithful ones.
I am your servant, the son of your handmaid;
you have loosed my bonds.
R. Our blessing-cup is a communion with the Blood of Christ.
To you will I offer sacrifice of thanksgiving,
and I will call upon the name of the LORD.
My vows to the LORD I will pay
in the presence of all his people.
R. Our blessing-cup is a communion with the Blood of Christ.
2nd reading
1 Corinthians 11:23-26
A reading from the first letter of Saint Paul to the Corinthians
Brothers and sisters:I received from the Lord what I also handed on to you,
that the Lord Jesus, on the night he was handed over,
took bread, and, after he had given thanks,
broke it and said, “This is my body that is for you.
Do this in remembrance of me.”
In the same way also the cup, 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 death of the Lord until he comes.
For the Spirit scrutinizes everything, even the depths of God.
The word of the Lord.
Thanks be to God.
Gospel Acclamation:
John 13:34
Praise to you Lord Jesus Christ, King of endless glory!
I give you a new commandment, says the Lord:
love one another as I have loved you.
Praise to you Lord Jesus Christ, King of endless glory!
Gospel
John 13:1-15
The Lord be with you. And with your spirit
A reading from the holy Gospel according to John
Glory to you, O Lord.
Before the feast of Passover, Jesus knew that his hour had come
to pass from this world to the Father.
He loved his own in the world and he loved them to the end.
The devil had already induced Judas, son of Simon the Iscariot, to hand him over.
So, during supper,
fully aware that the Father had put everything into his power
and that he had come from God and was returning to God,
he rose from supper and took off his outer garments.
He took a towel and tied it around his waist.
Then he poured water into a basin
and began to wash the disciples’ feet
and dry them with the towel around his waist.
He came to Simon Peter, who said to him,
“Master, are you going to wash my feet?”
Jesus answered and said to him,
“What I am doing, you do not understand now,
but you will understand later.”
Peter said to him, “You will never wash my feet.”
Jesus answered him,
“Unless I wash you, you will have no inheritance with me.”
Simon Peter said to him,
“Master, then not only my feet, but my hands and head as well.”
Jesus said to him,
“Whoever has bathed has no need except to have his feet washed,
for he is clean all over;
so you are clean, but not all.”
For he knew who would betray him;
for this reason, he said, “Not all of you are clean.”
So when he had washed their feet
and put his garments back on and reclined at table again,
he said to them, “Do you realize what I have done for you?
You call me ‘teacher’ and ‘master,’ and rightly so, for indeed I am.
If I, therefore, the master and teacher, have washed your feet,
you ought to wash one another’s feet.
I have given you a model to follow,
so that as I have done for you, you should also do.”
The Gospel of the Lord.
Praise to you, Lord Jesus Christ.
Washing of the Feet: As I Have Done for You
Refrain:
I, your Lord and Master,
now becomes your servant.
I who made the moon and stars
will kneel to wash your feet.
This is my commandment:
to love as I have loved you.
Kneel to wash each other’s feet
as I have done for you.
Verse 1:
All the world will know
you are My disciples
by the love that you offer,
the kindness you show.
You have heard the voice of God
in the words that I have spoken.
You beheld Heaven's glory
and have seen the face of God. [Refrain]
Verse 2:
I must leave you now
only for a moment.
I must go to the Father
to make you a home.
On the day of my return,
I will come to take you with me
To the place I have promised
where your joy will have no end. [Refrain]
Verse 3:
I am like a vine,
you are like the branches.
If you cling to my teahching
you surely will live.
If you make your home in me,
I will come to dwell within you.
You can count on my mercy
when you ask for what you need. [Refrain]
Verse 4:
I have called you friends,
now no longer servants.
What I told you in secret,
the world longs to know.
There can be no greater love
than to give your life for others.
As the Father has loved me,
so I love you as my own. [Refrain]
Verse 5:
You will weep for now
while the world rejoices.
But the tears of your sorrow
will soon turn to joy.
As a mother cries in childbirth
and her pain is turned to gladness,
You will know great rejoicing
on the day of my return. [Refrain]
Verse 6:
I will give you peace;
this will be my blessing.
Though the world churns around you,
I leave you my peace.
I have told you all these things
that my peace may dwell within you.
Let your faith be unshaken
and your hope ever strong. [Refrain]
Offertory: Dakilang Pag-Ibig/Ubi Caritas
Refrain:
Dakilang pagibig, saan man manahan
D'yos ay naroon, walang alinlangan
Verse 1:
Tinipon tayo sa pagmamahal
ng ating poong si Hesus
Tayo'y lumigaya sa pagkakaisa
sa haring nakapako sa krus [Refrain]
Verse 2:
Purihi't ibigin ang ating D'yos
na S'yang unang nagmamamahal
Kaya't buong pagibig rin nating mahalin,
ang bawat kapatid at kapwa [Refrain]
Ubi caritas et amor,
Ubi caritas deus ibi est.
Reception of the Holy Oils:
1. Behold the oil of the sick, blessed by our Bishop, sent to us for the anointing of all who
suffer illness.
Refrain: Thanks be to God! Thanks be to God!
2. Behold the oil of the catechumens, blessed by our Bishop, sent to us for the anointing of
the catechumens in preparation for their baptism.
Refrain: Thanks be to God! Thanks be to God!
3. Behold the sacred chrism, oil mixed with sweet perfume, and consecrated by our Bishop,
sent to us for the anointing of the baptized who are to be sealed with the Holy Spirit.
Refrain: Thanks be to God! Thanks be to God!
Communion: The Supper of the Lord
Refrain:
Precious body precious blood
Here in bread and wine
Here the Lord prepares the feast divine
Bread of love is broken now
Cup of life is poured
Come share the supper of the Lord
Verse 1: This is the bread of God
Coming down from heaven
Giving life to us, to all the world [Refrain]
Verse 2: “I am the living spring
of eternal life;
you that drink from me
shall not thirst again” [Refrain]
Verse 3: “I am the bread of heav’n
giving life to you;
you that eat this bread shall never die”
[Refrain]
Verse 4: “All those who feed on me
have their life in me,
as I have my life in the living God.” [Refrain]
Verse 5: All praise to you, O Christ,
present in this feast;
in this bread, we share in one life, one Lord.
[Refrain]
Final: Sing, My Tongue, the Savior’s Glory
Verse 1:
Sing, my tongue, the Savior's glory,
Of his flesh the myst'ry sing;
Of the blood, all price exceeding,
Shed by our immortal King,
Destined for the world's redemption,
From a noble womb to spring.
Verse 2:
Of a pure and spotless virgin
Born for us on Earth below,
He, as man with us conversing,
Stayed, the seeds of truth to sow,
Then he closed in solemn order
Wondrously his life of woe.
Verse 3:
On the night of that Last Supper,
Seated with his chosen band,
He, the Paschal victim eating,
First fulfills the Law's command,
Then as food to his apostles
Gives himself with his own hand.
Verse 4:
Word made flesh,
the bread of nature
By his word to flesh he turns;
Wine into his blood he changes;
What though sense no change discerns?
Only be the heart in earnest,
Faith its lesson quickly learns.
Verse 5:
Down in adoration falling,
This great sacrament we hail;
Over ancient forms of worship
Newer rites of grace prevail;
Faith will tell us Christ is present,
When our human senses fail.