Maundy Thursday

The Last Supper - Leonardo da Vinci [Public domain], via Wikimedia Commons

Daily Office Readings and Brief Reflections

Opening Sentence
Rend your hearts and not your garments. Return to the Lord your God, for he is gracious and merciful, slow to anger and abounding in steadfast love, and repents of evil. Joel 2:13

Today's ReadingsThursday | 24 March 2016 |
Ps. 102; Ps. 142 143; Lam. 2:10–18; 1 Cor. 10:14–17 11:27–32; Mark 14:12–25

Psalm 102

Lord do not hide from me and hear my prayer; I am weak and ill; everyone is against me; I wither like the grass; but you Lord are timeless and your mercy it known through out everywhere; the homeless prayers will be heard; Do not limit my time here.... You will transform me.

Lamentations 2

Take on sack cloth and repent; wail and mourn; your prophets are wrong; enemies gather because you have not repented and turned from your evil ways as a nation.

1 Corinthians 10

Paul writes; flee from idols; we take the communion as the body of Christ; examine yourself and take communion righteously.

Mark 14

Jesus and the disciples do the Passover and hear of Jesus betrayal; holy communion is instituted for the first time.

Tomorrow's Readings

Thursday | 24 March 2016 | Maundy Thursday
Ps. 102; Ps. 142 143; Lam. 2:10–18; 1 Cor. 10:14–17 11:27–32; Mark 14:12–25

Collect of the Day: Maundy Thursday

Almighty Father, whose dear Son, on the night before he suffered, instituted the Sacrament of his Body and Blood: Mercifully grant that we may receive it thankfully in remembrance of Jesus Christ our Lord, who in these holy mysteries gives us a pledge of eternal life; and who now lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.

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