Maundy Thursday 2011
Maundy Thursday, also called Holy Thursday, is the commemoration of Jesus' Last Supper with his disciples. It is the event that we remember when we participate in the Eucharist, or Holy Communion. The Revised Common Lectionary includes 1 Corinthians 11:23-26 in the appointed readings: 23 For I received from the Lord what I also handed on to you, that the Lord Jesus on the night when he was betrayed took a loaf of bread, 24and when he had given thanks, he broke it and said, ‘This is my body that is for* you. Do this in remembrance of me.’ 25In the same way he took the cup also, after supper, saying, ‘This cup is the new covenant in my blood. Do this, as often as you drink it, in remembrance of me.’ 26For as often as you eat this bread and drink the cup, you proclaim the Lord’s death until he comes. The Episcopal Lectionary, which The Episcopal Church has replaced with the RCL, also included verses 27-32 as an option: 27 Whoever, therefore, eats the bread or drinks the cup ...