April 6, 2023 - Maundy Thursday Sermon

Introit: Ps. 67:1-3, 6b-7; antiphon: Gal 6:14b, Liturgical text
Gradual: Ps. 111:4-5
Old Testament: Ex. 12:1-14
      or Ex. 24:3-11
Psalm 116:12-19 (antiphon: v. 17)
Epistle: 1 Cor. 11:23-32
Tract: Ps. 111:4-5; John 6:55-56
Gospel: John 13:1-15 (34-35)

Let Us Love One Another, as Christ Jesus Has Loved Us
"For as often as you eat this bread and drink the cup, you proclaim the Lord's death until He comes" (1 Cor. 11:26). By eating His body and drinking His blood, we proclaim to all the world that Jesus is, indeed, our Passover Lamb (Ex. 12:1-14), who was sacrificed for us on Calvary. In Christ, the Lord remembers us in mercy and remembers our sin no more; He forgives us all our iniquity. With such love, he "loved His own who were in the world," and even loves us "to the end" (John 13:1). As He washes us and feeds us in love, let us love one another, just as He has loved us (John 13: