04/02/2026
7 p.m. Solemn Mass followed by Procession, Stripping of the Altar, Vespers, and Adoration until midnight, Holy Thursday
“But He had made a promise, and He would fulfill it before His Passion. Speaking, one day, to the people, He had said:
‘I am the living bread which came down from heaven: if any man eat of this bread, he shall live for ever, and the bread that I will give, is My flesh for the life of the world… My Flesh is meat indeed, and My Blood is drink indeed. He that eateth My Flesh and drinketh My Blood, abideth in Me, and I in him.’
The time has come for the fulfillment of this His loving promise. But as it was both His Flesh and His Blood that He promised us, He waited til the time of His sacrifice.
His passion has begun; He is sold to His enemies; His life is already in their hands - He may at once, therefore, offer Himself in sacrifice, and give to His disciples the very Flesh and Blood of the Victim.” (The Liturgical Year)
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