Maundy Thursday
17 April 2014
The Gathering of the Community
The Processional
Hymn
‘I
Am the Bread, the Bread of Life’ Common Praise #56
The Introductory
Responses
This
is the night
that
Christ the Lamb of God
gave
himself into the hands
of
those who would slay him.
This is the night
that Christ gathered with his
disciples
in the upper room.
This
is the night
that
Christ took a towel
and
washed the disciples’ feet,
giving
us an example
that
we should to others
as
he has done to us.
This is the night
that Christ gave us this holy
feast,
that we who eat this bread
and drink this cup
may here proclaim his holy
sacrifice
and be partakers of his
resurrection,
and at the last day may reign
with him in heaven.
The Collect
of the Day
Let
us pray.
Eternal
God,
in the sharing of a meal,
your Son established a new
covenant for all people
and, in the washing of feet,
he showed us the dignity of
service.
Grant that by the power of
your Holy Spirit
these signs of our life in
faith
may speak again to our hearts,
feed our spirits
and refresh our bodies. Amen. [i]
The Proclamation of the Word of God
The
First Reading
A
reading from Exodus (12.1-14).
The Lord
said to Moses and Aaron in the land of Egypt: This month shall mark for you the beginning of
months; it shall be the first month of the year for you. Tell the whole congregation of Israel that on
the tenth of this month they are to take a lamb for each family, a lamb for
each household. If a household is too
small for a whole lamb, it shall join its closest neighbor in obtaining one;
the lamb shall be divided in proportion to the number of people who eat of it. Your lamb shall be without blemish, a year-old
male; you may take it from the sheep or from the goats. You shall keep it until the fourteenth day of
this month; then the whole assembled congregation of Israel shall slaughter it
at twilight. They shall take some of the
blood and put it on the two doorposts and the lintel of the houses in which
they eat it. They shall eat the lamb
that same night; they shall eat it roasted over the fire with unleavened bread
and bitter herbs. Do not eat any of it
raw or boiled in water, but roasted over the fire, with its head, legs, and
inner organs. You shall let none of it
remain until the morning; anything that remains until the morning you shall
burn. This is how you shall eat it: your loins girded, your sandals on your feet,
and your staff in your hand; and you shall eat it hurriedly. It is the passover of the Lord. For I will pass through the land of Egypt that
night, and I will strike down every firstborn in the land of Egypt, both human
beings and animals; on all the gods of Egypt I will execute judgements: I am the Lord.
The blood shall be a sign for you on the
houses where you live: when I see the
blood, I will pass over you, and no plague shall destroy you when I strike the
land of Egypt.
This
day shall be a day of remembrance for you. You shall celebrate it as a festival to the Lord; throughout your generations you
shall observe it as a perpetual ordinance.
Hear
what the Spirit is saying to the Church.
Thanks be to God.
The
Psalm
Psalm 116.1-2, 12-19 with the
refrain from Songs
for the Holy One
Refrain (sung twice): Holy One, to you we offer our heart-felt
thanks and praise.
1 I love the
Lord *
who has heard the
voice of my supplication,
2 who has listened to me *
whenever I called.
Refrain: Holy One, to you we offer our heart-felt
thanks and praise.
12 How shall
I repay you, O Lord, *
for all the good
things you have done for me?
13 I will lift up the cup of salvation *
and call upon the name of the Lord.
14 I will
fulfil my vows to the Lord *
in the presence
of all the people.
15 Precious in your sight, O Lord *
is the death of your servants.
Refrain: Holy One, to you we offer our heart-felt
thanks and praise.
16 O Lord, I
am your servant; *
I am your servant
and the child of your handmaid;
you have freed me
from my bonds.
17 I will offer you the sacrifice of
thanksgiving *
and call upon the name of the Lord.
18 I will
fulfil my vows to the Lord *
in the presence
of all the people of God.
19 In the courts of the house of the Lord, *
in the midst of you, O
Jerusalem.
Hallelujah!
Refrain: Holy One, to you we offer our heart-felt
thanks and praise.
The
Second Reading
A
reading from Paul’s first letter to the Corinthians (11.23-26).
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, and when he had given thanks, he broke it and said, “This
is my body that is for you. Do this in
remembrance of me.” In 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.” For as often
as you eat this bread and drink the cup, you proclaim the Lord’s death until he
comes.
Hear
what the Spirit is saying to the Church.
Thanks be to God.
The
Gradual Hymn
‘For
the Bread Which You Have Broken’ Common Praise #74
The
Gospel
The
Lord be with you.
And also with you.
The
Holy Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ according to John (13.1-17, 31b-35).
Glory to you, Lord Jesus
Christ.
Now before the festival of the
Passover, Jesus knew that his hour had come to depart from this world and go to
the Father. Having loved his own who
were in the world, he loved them to the end. The devil had already put it into the heart of
Judas son of Simon Iscariot to betray him. And during supper Jesus, knowing that the
Father had given all things into his hands, and that he had come from God and
was going to God, got up from the table, took off his outer robe, and tied a
towel around himself. Then he poured
water into a basin and began to wash the disciples’ feet and to wipe them with
the towel that was tied around him. He
came to Simon Peter, who said to him, “Lord, are you going to wash my feet?” Jesus answered, “You do not know now what I am
doing, but later you will understand.” Peter
said to him, “You will never wash my feet.” Jesus answered, “Unless I wash you, you have
no share with me.” Simon Peter said to
him, “Lord, not my feet only but also my hands and my head!” Jesus said to him, “One who has bathed does
not need to wash, except for the feet, but is entirely clean. And you are clean, though not all of you.” For he knew who was to betray him; for this
reason he said, “Not all of you are clean.”
After
he had washed their feet, had put on his robe, and had returned to the table,
he said to them, “Do you know what I have done to you? You call me Teacher and Lord — and you are
right, for that is what I am. So if I,
your Lord and Teacher, have washed your feet, you also ought to wash one
another’s feet. For I have set you an
example, that you also should do as I have done to you. Very truly, I tell you, servants are not
greater than their master, nor are messengers greater than the one who sent
them. If you know these things, you are
blessed if you do them.”
Jesus said, “Now the Son of Man has
been glorified, and God has been glorified in him. If God has been glorified in him, God will
also glorify him in himself and will glorify him at once. Little children, I am with you only a little
longer. You will look for me; and as I
said to the Jews so now I say to you, ‘Where I am going, you cannot come.’ I give you a new commandment, that you love
one another. Just as I have loved you,
you also should love one another. By
this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one
another.”
The
Gospel of Christ.
Praise to you, Lord Jesus
Christ.
The
Sermon
The Prayers of the Community
The
Washing of Feet
Fellow
servants of our Lord Jesus Christ,
on
the night before his death,
Jesus
set an example for his disciples
by
washing their feet, an act of humble service.
He
taught that strength and growth
in
the life of God’s reign of justice and peace
come
not by power, authority or even miracle,
but
by such lowly service.
Therefore,
I invite you
who
share in the royal priesthood of Christ
to
come forward and join me,
that
we may recall whose servants we are
by
following the example of our Teacher and Friend.
But
come remembering his admonition
that
what we do tonight for one another
we
are also bid to do for others,
for
servants are not greater than their master,
nor
are those who are sent greater than the one who sends them.
If
we know these things, blessed are we if we do them.
During the Washing of Feet you
are welcome to come forward, have your feet washed and then wash the feet of
the one who follows you.
Hymn
during the Mandatum
‘Nada
Te Turbe’ Common Praise #568
The
Intercessions, Petitions and Thanksgivings of the Community
The
Exchange of the Peace
May
the peace of Christ be with you all.
And also with you.
The Holy Communion
The
Offertory Hymn
‘Deck
Yourself, My Soul, with Gladness’ Common Praise #78
The
Prayer over the Gifts
O
God of the covenants,
you have cleansed us from sin
and made us one in Christ.
Receive all we offer you this
night
that, by the power of your
Spirit,
we may love our brothers and
sisters
even as Christ has loved us.
The
Thanksgiving at the Table
The
Lord be with you.
And also with you.
Lift
up your hearts.
We lift them to the Lord.
Let
us give thanks to the Lord our God.
It is right to give our thanks
and praise.
Blessed
are you, gracious God,
creator
of heaven and earth;
we
give you thanks and praise
through
Jesus Christ our Lord,
who
for our salvation became obedient unto death.
The
tree of defeat became the tree of victory:
where
life was lost, life has been restored.
Therefore
with angels and archangels
and
all the heavenly chorus,
we
cry out to proclaim the glory of your name. [iii]
Holy, holy, holy Lord,
God of power and might,
heaven and earth are full of
your glory.
Hosanna in the highest.
Blessed is he who comes in the
name of the Lord.
Hosanna in the highest. [iv]
God
of our weary years,
God
of our silent tears,
you
have brought us this far along the way.
In
times of bitterness you did not abandon us,
but
guided us into the path of love and light.
In
every age you sent prophets to make known
your
loving will for all humanity.
The
cry of the poor has become your own cry;
our
hunger and thirst for justice is your own desire.
In
the fullness of time, you sent your chosen servant
to
preach good news to the afflicted,
to
break bread with the outcast and despised
and
to ransom those in bondage to prejudice and sin.
In
the night in which he was betrayed,
our
Lord Jesus took bread, and gave thanks;
broke
it, and gave it to his disciples, saying:
Take
and eat; this is my body, given for you.
Do
this for the remembrance of me.
Again,
after supper, he took the cup,
gave
thanks, and gave it for all to drink, saying:
This
cup is the new covenant in my blood,
shed
for you and for all people for the forgiveness of sin.
Do
this for the remembrance of me.
For
as often as we eat of this bread and drink from this cup,
we
proclaim the Lord’s death until he comes.
Christ has died. Christ is risen. Christ will come again.
Remembering,
therefore, his death and resurrection,
we
await the day when Jesus shall return
to
free all the earth from the bonds of slavery and death.
Come,
Lord Jesus! And let the church say,
Amen.
Amen.
Send
your Holy Spirit, our advocate,
to
fill the hearts of all who share this bread and cup
with
courage and wisdom to pursue love and justice in all the world.
Come,
Spirit of freedom! And let the church
say, Amen.
Amen.
Join
our prayers and praise
with
your prophets and martyrs of every age,
that,
rejoicing in the hope of the resurrection,
we
might live in the freedom and hope of your Son.
Through
him, with him, in him, in the unity of the Holy Spirit,
all
glory and honour is yours, almighty Father, now and forever. Amen.
[v]
The
Lord’s Prayer
As
our Saviour taught us, let us pray,
Our Father in heaven,
hallowed be your name,
your kingdom come,
your will be done,
on earth as in heaven.
Give us today our daily bread.
Forgive us our sins
as we forgive those who sin
against us.
Save us from the time of
trial,
and deliver us from evil.
For the kingdom, the power,
and the glory are yours,
now and for ever. Amen. [vi]
The
Breaking of the Bread
We
break this bread,
communion in Christ’s body
once broken.
Let
your church be the wheat
which
bears its fruit in dying.
If we have died with him,
we shall live with him;
if we hold firm,
we shall reign with him.
The
gifts of God for the people of God.
Thanks be to God.
The
Communion
The
Hymn after Communion
‘What
Does the Lord Require’ Common Praise #171
The Sending Forth of the Community
The
Prayer after Communion
Holy
God,
source of all love,
on the night of his betrayal
Jesus gave his disciples a new
commandment,
to love one another as he
loved them.
Write this commandment in our
hearts;
give us the will to serve
others
as he was the servant of all,
who gave his life and died for
us,
yet is alive and reigns with
you and the Holy Spirit,
one God, now and for
ever. Amen. [vii]
After this Prayer the Sanctuary
will be stripped of all its ornaments.
During the Stripping we shall say together Psalm 22.
Psalm
22
My
God, my God, why have you forsaken me?
Why
are you so far from helping me,
ignoring
my screams of pain?
O
my God, I cry out by day!
I
scream at night, utterly without rest.
You
do not answer!
Yet
you are enthroned in the holy sanctuary
the
Praise of Israel.
In
you our people trusted;
they
trusted; you saved them.
To
you they cried; they were delivered.
In
you they trusted, never disappointed.
But
I am a worm, utterly worthless,
scorned
by humanity, despised by everyone.
All
who see me mock me.
They
open their lips in derision,
shaking
their heads, saying,
“You
gave yourself to the Holy One.
Let
the Holy One save you!
Let
God save you if God likes you so much!”
It
was you who snatched me from the womb;
you
kept me safe at my mother’s breast.
I
was entrusted to you from the womb;
from
my mother’s womb I belonged to you.
Do
not be far away from me!
Deep
trouble is upon me,
with
no one, no one to help!
Many
bulls surround me,
wild
bulls of Bashan are all around me.
They
open wide their mouths against me,
like
a ravening and roaring lion.
I
am poured out like water;
all
my bones are racked with pain.
My
heart is like wax melted inside me.
My
mouth is dried up like broken pottery;
my
tongue clings to my jaws.
You
lay me in the dust of death.
A
pack of dogs surrounds me;
a
crowd of evildoers beset me;
my
hands and feet have shriveled.
I
can count all my bones.
My
enemies stare, gloating over me.
They
divide my clothes among themselves,
throwing
dice for my garments.
But
you, Holy One, do not be far away.
O
my Helper, hasten! Rescue me!
Save
my life from the sword;
save
you beloved from the power of the dog.
Deliver
me from the lion’s mouth,
from
the horns of the wild ox.
You
have answered me!
I
will proclaim you name among my brothers and sisters.
I
will praise you among the congregation.
You
who revere the Holy One, praise the Holy One!
You
descendants of Jacob, honour your God!
All
Israel, stand in awe of the Holy One!
For
the Holy One does not scorn the downtrodden,
nor
shrink in loathing from their plight.
God
does not hide from them,
but
answers when they call for help.
From
you comes my praise in the great congregation;
my
vows I will fulfill before those who revere the Holy One.
The
poor will eat and be satisfied.
Those
who seek our God will offer their praises
May
their hearts live forever!
All
the ends of the earth shall remember,
and
return to the Holy One.
All
families of the nations
shall
bow down before God.
Surely
sovereignty belongs to the Holy One,
who
rules among the nations.
All
at death’s door shall bow down to God alone.
All
going down to the dust
shall
kneel to the Divine Majesty.
I
shall live for the Holy One.
Posterity
will worship the Holy One;
generations
to come shall be told of the Holy One.
They
will come and proclaim divine justice.
To
people yet unborn they will proclaim
what
God has done. [viii]
Once the Sanctuary is stripped,
you are welcome to remain for silent prayer and contemplation. Please depart in silence when you are ready
to do so.
[i] Revised
Common Lectionary Prayers (2002), 99 alt.
[ii] Revised
Common Lectionary Prayers (2002),
99, alt.
[iii] The
Book of Alternative Services (1985), 221.
[iv] Common
Praise (1998), #722.
[v] Evangelical
Lutheran Worship (2006), 67-68.
[vi] Common
Praise (1998), #744.
[vii] The
Book of Alternative Services (1985), 307.
[viii] Songs
for the Holy One (2004).
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