COMMENTARY ON THE READINGS: HOLY THURSDAY

                    Theme: Love one another

 

1^st Reading: Exodus, chapter 12: 1 – 8, 11 – 14

God instituted the Passover Feast as a memorial to celebrate the freedom from slavery of his people. Christians today acknowledge the event as the antecedent to our deliverance from sin by the Blood of Jesus.

 

2^nd Reading: 1^st letter of Paul to the Corinthians, chapter 11:     23 – 26

The Eucharistic celebration enables the faithful to join hands with our ancestors in the faith to celebrate our redemption from sin.

 

Gospel Reading:  John, chapter 13: 1 – 15

Jesus, the Lord, washed the feet of his disciples, and charged them to do the same. This action is to prove the point that we must love one another.