Readings for the Holy Thursday - Chrism MassReadings for the Thursday of Holy Week Reading I Ex 12:1-8, 11-14 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.” Responsorial Psalm Ps 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. Reading II 1 Cor 11:23-26 Brothers and sisters: I received from

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Readings for the Thursday of Holy Week Readings for the Holy Thursday -Evening Mass of the Lord’s SupperReading I Is 61:1-3a, 6a, 8b-9 The Spirit of the Lord GOD is upon me,             because the LORD has anointed me; He has sent me to bring glad tidings to the lowly,             to heal the brokenhearted, To proclaim liberty to the captives             and release to the prisoners, To announce a year of favor from the LORD             and a day of vindication by our God,             to comfort all who mourn; To place on those who mourn in Zion             a diadem instead of ashes, To give them oil of gladness in place of mourning,             a glorious mantle instead of a listless spirit. You yourselves shall be named priests of the LORD,             ministers of our God shall you be called. I will give them their recompense faithfully,             a lasting covenant I will make with them. Their descendants shall be renowned among the nations,             and their offspring among the peoples; All who see them shall acknowledge them             as a race the LORD has blessed. Responsorial Psalm 89:21-22, 25 and 27 R.        (2)  For ever I will sing the goodness of the Lord. “I have found David, my servant;             with my holy oil I have anointed him. That my hand may always be with him;             and that my arm may make him strong.” R.        For ever I will sing the goodness of the Lord. “My faithfulness and my mercy shall be with him;             and through my name shall his horn be exalted. He shall say of me, ‘You are my father,             my God, the Rock, my savior!’“ R.        For ever I will sing the goodness of the Lord. Reading II Rv 1:5-8 [Grace to you and peace] from Jesus Christ, who is the faithful witness, the firstborn of the dead and ruler of the kings of the earth. To him who loves us and has freed us from our sins by his Blood, who has made us into a Kingdom, priests for his God and Father, to him be glory and power forever and ever. Amen. Behold, he is coming amid the clouds,             and every eye will see him,             even those who pierced him. All the peoples of the earth will lament him.             Yes. Amen. “I am the Alpha and the Omega,” says the Lord God, “the one who is and who was and who is to come, the Almighty.” Verse Before the Gospel Is 61:1 (cited in Lk 4:18) The Spirit of the LORD is upon me; for he has sent me to bring glad tidings to the poor. Gospel Lk 4:16-21 Jesus came to Nazareth, where he had grown up, and went according to his custom into the synagogue on the sabbath day. He stood up to read and was handed a scroll of the prophet Isaiah. He unrolled the scroll and found the passage where it was

Reading 1 Is 50:4-9a The Lord GOD has given me a well-trained tongue,That I might know how to speak to the wearya word that will rouse them.Morning after morninghe opens my ear that I may hear;And I have not rebelled,have not turned back.I gave my back to those who beat me,my cheeks to those who plucked my beard;My face I did not shieldfrom buffets and spitting.The Lord GOD is my help,therefore I am not disgraced;I have set my face like flint,knowing that I shall not be put to shame.He is near who upholds my right;if anyone wishes to oppose me,let us appear together.Who disputes my right?Let him confront me.See, the Lord GOD is my help;who will prove me wrong? Responsorial Psalm Ps 69:8-10, 21-22, 31 and 33-34 R. (14c) Lord, in your great love, answer me.For your sake I bear insult,and shame covers my face.I have become an outcast to my brothers,a stranger to my mother's sons,because zeal for your house consumes me,and the insults of those who blaspheme you fall upon me.R. Lord, in your great love, answer me.Insult has broken my heart, and I am weak,I looked for sympathy, but there was none;for consolers, not one could I find.Rather they put gall in my food,and in my thirst they gave me vinegar to drink.R. Lord, in your great love, answer me.I will praise the name of God in song,and I will glorify him with thanksgiving:"See, you lowly ones, and be glad;you who seek God, may your hearts revive!For the LORD hears the poor,and his own who are in bonds he spurns not."R. Lord, in your great love, answer me. Verse Before the Gospel Hail to you, our King;you alone are compassionate with our errors. Or Hail to you, our King, obedient to the Father;you were led to your crucifixion like a gentle lamb to the slaughter. Gospel Mt 26:14-25 One of the Twelve, who was called Judas Iscariot, went to the chief priests and said, "What are you willing to give me if I hand him over to you?" They paid him thirty pieces of silver, and from that time on he looked for an opportunity to hand him over. On the first day of the Feast of Unleavened Bread, the disciples approached Jesus and said, "Where do you want us to prepare for you to eat the Passover?" He said, "Go into the city to a certain man and tell him, 'The teacher says, "My appointed time draws near; in your house I shall celebrate the Passover with my disciples.""' The disciples then did as Jesus had ordered, and prepared the Passover. When it was evening, he reclined at table with the Twelve. And while they were eating, he said, "Amen, I say to you, one of you will betray me." Deeply distressed at this, they began to say to him one after another, "Surely it is not I, Lord?" He said in reply, "He who has dipped his hand into the dish with me is the

Reading 1 Is 49:1-6 Hear me, O islands,listen, O distant peoples.The LORD called me from birth,from my mother's womb he gave me my name.He made of me a sharp-edged swordand concealed me in the shadow of his arm.He made me a polished arrow,in his quiver he hid me.You are my servant, he said to me,Israel, through whom I show my glory.Though I thought I had toiled in vain,and for nothing, uselessly, spent my strength,Yet my reward is with the LORD,my recompense is with my God.For now the LORD has spokenwho formed me as his servant from the womb,That Jacob may be brought back to himand Israel gathered to him;And I am made glorious in the sight of the LORD,and my God is now my strength!It is too little, he says, for you to be my servant,to raise up the tribes of Jacob,and restore the survivors of Israel;I will make you a light to the nations,that my salvation may reach to the ends of the earth. Responsorial Psalm Ps 71:1-2, 3-4a, 5ab-6ab, 15 and 17 R. (see 15ab)  I will sing of your salvation.In you, O LORD, I take refuge;let me never be put to shame.In your justice rescue me, and deliver me;incline your ear to me, and save me.R. I will sing of your salvation.Be my rock of refuge,a stronghold to give me safety,for you are my rock and my fortress.O my God, rescue me from the hand of the wicked.R. I will sing of your salvation.For you are my hope, O LORD;my trust, O God, from my youth.On you I depend from birth;from my mother's womb you are my strength.R. I will sing of your salvation.My mouth shall declare your justice,day by day your salvation.O God, you have taught me from my youth,and till the present I proclaim your wondrous deeds.R. I will sing of your salvation. Verse Before the Gospel Hail to you, our King, obedient to the Father;you were led to your crucifixion like a gentle lamb to the slaughter. Gospel Jn 13:21-33, 36-38 Reclining at table with his disciples, Jesus was deeply troubled and testified,"Amen, amen, I say to you, one of you will betray me."The disciples looked at one another, at a loss as to whom he meant.One of his disciples, the one whom Jesus loved,was reclining at Jesus' side.So Simon Peter nodded to him to find out whom he meant.He leaned back against Jesus' chest and said to him,"Master, who is it?"Jesus answered,"It is the one to whom I hand the morsel after I have dipped it."So he dipped the morsel and took it and handed it to Judas,son of Simon the Iscariot.After Judas took the morsel, Satan entered him.So Jesus said to him, "What you are going to do, do quickly."Now none of those reclining at table realized why he said this to him.Some thought that since Judas kept the money bag, Jesus had told him,"Buy what we need for the feast,"or to give something to the poor.So Judas took the morsel and

Reading 1 Is 42:1-7 Here is my servant whom I uphold,my chosen one with whom I am pleased,Upon whom I have put my Spirit;he shall bring forth justice to the nations,Not crying out, not shouting,not making his voice heard in the street.A bruised reed he shall not break,and a smoldering wick he shall not quench,Until he establishes justice on the earth;the coastlands will wait for his teaching.Thus says God, the LORD,who created the heavens and stretched them out,who spreads out the earth with its crops,Who gives breath to its peopleand spirit to those who walk on it:I, the LORD, have called you for the victory of justice,I have grasped you by the hand;I formed you, and set youas a covenant of the people,a light for the nations,To open the eyes of the blind,to bring out prisoners from confinement,and from the dungeon, those who live in darkness. Responsorial Psalm Ps 27:1, 2, 3, 13-14 R.  (1a)  The Lord is my light and my salvation.The LORD is my light and my salvation;whom should I fear?The LORD is my life's refuge;of whom should I be afraid?R. The Lord is my light and my salvation.When evildoers come at meto devour my flesh,My foes and my enemiesthemselves stumble and fall.R. The Lord is my light and my salvation.Though an army encamp against me,my heart will not fear;Though war be waged upon me,even then will I trust. R. The Lord is my light and my salvation.I believe that I shall see the bounty of the LORDin the land of the living.Wait for the LORD with courage;be stouthearted, and wait for the LORD.R. The Lord is my light and my salvation. Verse Before the Gospel Hail to you, our King;you alone are compassionate with our faults. Gospel Jn 12:1-11 Six days before Passover Jesus came to Bethany,where Lazarus was, whom Jesus had raised from the dead.They gave a dinner for him there, and Martha served,while Lazarus was one of those reclining at table with him. Mary took a liter of costly perfumed oilmade from genuine aromatic nardand anointed the feet of Jesus and dried them with her hair;the house was filled with the fragrance of the oil. Then Judas the Iscariot, one of his disciples,and the one who would betray him, said,"Why was this oil not sold for three hundred days' wagesand given to the poor?"He said this not because he cared about the poorbut because he was a thief and held the money bagand used to steal the contributions.So Jesus said, "Leave her alone.Let her keep this for the day of my burial.You always have the poor with you, but you do not always have me."The large crowd of the Jews found out that he was there and came,not only because of him, but also to see Lazarus,whom he had raised from the dead.And the chief priests plotted to kill Lazarus too,because many of the Jews were turning awayand believing in Jesus because of him. - - -Lectionary for Mass for Use in the Dioceses of

At the Procession with Palms - Gospel Mt 21:1-11 When Jesus and the disciples drew near Jerusalem and came to Bethphage on the Mount of Olives, Jesus sent two disciples, saying to them, "Go into the village opposite you, and immediately you will find an ass tethered, and a colt with her. Untie them and bring them here to me. And if anyone should say anything to you, reply, 'The master has need of them.' Then he will send them at once." This happened so that what had been spoken through the prophet might be fulfilled:Say to daughter Zion, "Behold, your king comes to you, meek and riding on an ass, and on a colt, the foal of a beast of burden." The disciples went and did as Jesus had ordered them. They brought the ass and the colt and laid their cloaks over them, and he sat upon them. The very large crowd spread their cloaks on the road, while others cut branches from the trees and strewed them on the road. The crowds preceding him and those following kept crying out and saying: "Hosanna to the Son of David; blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord; hosanna in the highest." And when he entered Jerusalem the whole city was shaken and asked, "Who is this?" And the crowds replied, "This is Jesus the prophet, from Nazareth in Galilee." At the Mass - Reading I Is 50:4-7 The Lord GOD has given me     a well-trained tongue, that I might know how to speak to the weary     a word that will rouse them. Morning after morning     he opens my ear that I may hear; and I have not rebelled,     have not turned back. I gave my back to those who beat me,     my cheeks to those who plucked my beard; my face I did not shield     from buffets and spitting. The Lord GOD is my help,     therefore I am not disgraced; I have set my face like flint,     knowing that I shall not be put to shame. Responsorial Psalm 22:8-9, 17-18, 19-20, 23-24 R. (2a)  My God, my God, why have you abandoned me? All who see me scoff at me;     they mock me with parted lips, they wag their heads: “He relied on the LORD; let him deliver him,     let him rescue him, if he loves him.”R. My God, my God, why have you abandoned me? Indeed, many dogs surround me,     a pack of evildoers closes in upon me; They have pierced my hands and my feet;     I can count all my bones.R. My God, my God, why have you abandoned me? They divide my garments among them,     and for my vesture they cast lots. But you, O LORD, be not far from me;     O my help, hasten to aid me.R. My God, my God, why have you abandoned me? I will proclaim your name to my brethren;     in the

Reading 1 Ez 37:21-28 Thus says the Lord GOD:I will take the children of Israel from among the nationsto which they have come,and gather them from all sides to bring them back to their land.I will make them one nation upon the land,in the mountains of Israel,and there shall be one prince for them all. Never again shall they be two nations,and never again shall they be divided into two kingdoms.No longer shall they defile themselves with their idols,their abominations, and all their transgressions. I will deliver them from all their sins of apostasy,and cleanse them so that they may be my peopleand I may be their God.My servant David shall be prince over them,and there shall be one shepherd for them all;they shall live by my statutes and carefully observe my decrees.They shall live on the land that I gave to my servant Jacob,the land where their fathers lived;they shall live on it forever,they, and their children, and their children's children,with my servant David their prince forever.I will make with them a covenant of peace;it shall be an everlasting covenant with them,and I will multiply them, and put my sanctuary among them forever.My dwelling shall be with them;I will be their God, and they shall be my people.Thus the nations shall know that it is I, the LORD,who make Israel holy,when my sanctuary shall be set up among them forever. Responsorial Psalm Jeremiah 31:10, 11-12abcd, 13 R. (see 10d)  The Lord will guard us, as a shepherd guards his flock.Hear the word of the LORD, O nations,proclaim it on distant isles, and say:He who scattered Israel, now gathers them together,he guards them as a shepherd his flock.R. The Lord will guard us, as a shepherd guards his flock.The LORD shall ransom Jacob,he shall redeem him from the hand of his conqueror.Shouting, they shall mount the heights of Zion,they shall come streaming to the LORD's blessings:The grain, the wine, and the oil,the sheep and the oxen.R. The Lord will guard us, as a shepherd guards his flock.Then the virgins shall make merry and dance,and young men and old as well.I will turn their mourning into joy,I will console and gladden them after their sorrows.R. The Lord will guard us, as a shepherd guards his flock. Verse Before the Gospel Ez 18:31 Cast away from you all the crimes you have committed, says the LORD,and make for yourselves a new heart and a new spirit. Gospel Jn 11:45-56 Many of the Jews who had come to Mary and seen what Jesus had done began to believe in him. But some of them went to the Pharisees and told them what Jesus had done. So the chief priests and the Pharisees convened the Sanhedrin and said, "What are we going to do? This man is performing many signs. If we leave him alone, all will believe in him, and the Romans will come and take away both our land and our nation." But one of them, Caiaphas, who was high priest that

Reading 1 Jer 20:10-13 I hear the whisperings of many:"Terror on every side!Denounce! let us denounce him!"All those who were my friendsare on the watch for any misstep of mine."Perhaps he will be trapped; then we can prevail,and take our vengeance on him."But the LORD is with me, like a mighty champion:my persecutors will stumble, they will not triumph.In their failure they will be put to utter shame,to lasting, unforgettable confusion.O LORD of hosts, you who test the just,who probe mind and heart,Let me witness the vengeance you take on them,for to you I have entrusted my cause.Sing to the LORD,praise the LORD,For he has rescued the life of the poorfrom the power of the wicked! Responsorial Psalm Ps 18:2-3a, 3bc-4, 5-6, 7 R. (see 7)  In my distress I called upon the Lord, and he heard my voice.I love you, O LORD, my strength,O LORD, my rock, my fortress, my deliverer.R. In my distress I called upon the Lord, and he heard my voice.My God, my rock of refuge,my shield, the horn of my salvation, my stronghold!Praised be the LORD, I exclaim,and I am safe from my enemies.R. In my distress I called upon the Lord, and he heard my voice.The breakers of death surged round about me,the destroying floods overwhelmed me;The cords of the nether world enmeshed me,the snares of death overtook me.R. In my distress I called upon the Lord, and he heard my voice.In my distress I called upon the LORDand cried out to my God;From his temple he heard my voice,and my cry to him reached his ears. R. In my distress I called upon the Lord, and he heard my voice. Verse Before the Gospel See Jn 6:63c, 68c Your words, Lord, are Spirit and life;you have the words of everlasting life. Gospel Jn 10:31-42 The Jews picked up rocks to stone Jesus.Jesus answered them, "I have shown you many good works from my Father.For which of these are you trying to stone me?"The Jews answered him,"We are not stoning you for a good work but for blasphemy.You, a man, are making yourself God."Jesus answered them,"Is it not written in your law, 'I said, 'You are gods"'? If it calls them gods to whom the word of God came,and Scripture cannot be set aside,can you say that the onewhom the Father has consecrated and sent into the worldblasphemes because I said, 'I am the Son of God'? If I do not perform my Father's works, do not believe me;but if I perform them, even if you do not believe me,believe the works, so that you may realize and understandthat the Father is in me and I am in the Father."Then they tried again to arrest him;but he escaped from their power.He went back across the Jordanto the place where John first baptized, and there he remained. Many came to him and said,"John performed no sign,but everything John said about this man was true."And many there began to believe in him. - - -Lectionary for