Bible Notes, 17th April 2003
Maundy Thursday
Year B, Red
| First Reading: | Exodus 12:1-4, 11-14 | |
| Gospel Reading: | John 13:1-17, 31b-35 | |
| Meditation: | The full extent of his love |
Opening Verse of Scripture—John 13:34
A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another as I have loved you.
Collect Prayer for the Day—Before we read we pray
God our Father, you have invited us to share in the supper which your Son gave to His church to proclaim His death until He comes. May he nourish us with His presence, and unite us in His love; who is alive and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God now and for ever. Amen
First Bible Reading
Exodus 12:1-4,11-14The LORD said to Moses and Aaron in Egypt, “This month is to be for you the first month, the first month of your year. Tell the whole community of Israel that on the tenth day of this month each man is to take a lamb for his family, one for each household. If any household is too small for a whole lamb, they must share one with their nearest neighbour, having taken into account the number of people there are. You are to determine the amount of lamb needed in accordance with what each person will eat. This is how you are to eat it: with your cloak tucked into your belt, your sandals on your feet and your staff in your hand. Eat it in haste; it is the LORD’s Passover.
“On that same night I will pass through Egypt and strike down every firstborn—both men and animals—and I will bring judgment on all the gods of Egypt. I am the LORD. The blood will be a sign for you on the houses where you are; and when I see the blood, I will pass over you. No destructive plague will touch you when I strike Egypt. “This is a day you are to commemorate; for the generations to come you shall celebrate it as a festival to the LORD—a lasting ordinance. (This is the word of the Lord. All: Thanks be to God)
Gospel Reading John 13:1-17,
31b-35
‘When the Gospel is announced -
Glory to Christ our Saviour’
It was just before the Passover Feast. Jesus knew that the time had come for him to leave this world and go to the Father. Having loved his own who were in the world, he now showed them the full extent of his love. The evening meal was being served, and the devil had already prompted Judas Iscariot, son of Simon, to betray Jesus.
Jesus knew that the Father had put all things under his power, and that he had come from God and was returning to God; so he got up from the meal, took off his outer clothing, and wrapped a towel round his waist. After that, he poured water into a basin and began to wash his disciples’ feet, drying them with the towel that was wrapped round him. He came to Simon Peter, who said to him, “Lord, are you going to wash my feet?”
Jesus replied, “You do not realise now what I am doing, but later you will understand.” “No,” said Peter, “you shall never wash my feet.” Jesus answered, “Unless I wash you, you have no part with me.” “Then, Lord,” Simon Peter replied, “not just my feet but my hands and my head as well!”
Jesus answered, “A person who has had a bath needs only to wash his feet; his whole body is clean. And you are clean, though not every one of you.” For he knew who was going to betray him, and that was why he said not every one was clean.
When he had finished washing their feet, he put on his clothes and returned to his place. “Do you understand what I have done for you?” he asked them. “You call me ‘Teacher’ and ‘Lord’, and rightly so, for that is what I am. Now that I, your Lord and Teacher, have washed your feet, you also should wash one another’s feet. I have set you an example that you should do as I have done for you. I tell you the truth, no servant is greater than his master, nor is a messenger greater than the one who sent him. Now that you know these things, you will be blessed if you do them.
“Now is the Son of Man glorified and God is glorified in him. If God is glorified in him, God will glorify the Son in himself, and will glorify him at once.
“My children, I will be with you only a little longer. You will look for me, and just as I told the Jews, so I tell you now: Where I am going, you cannot come.
“A new command I give you: Love one another. As I have loved you, so you must love one another. By this all men will know that you are my disciples, if you love one another.” (This is the gospel of Christ. All: Praise to Christ our Lord)
Post Communion Prayer
Every time you eat this bread and drink this cup, you proclaim the death of the Lord, until He comes. Amen
Hymns (Mission Praise)
- Man of Sorrows, 458;
- You laid aside you majesty, 795
- A new commandment, 1
- Broken for me, 66
- I cannot tell, 266
Meditation
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| First Reading: | Exodus 12:1-4, 11-14 |
| Gospel Reading: | John 13:1-17, 31b-35 |
| Meditation: | The full extent of his love |
| Sermon: | Maundy Thursday |