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Thursday, March 25, 2027

Vetus Ordo · 1962 Missale Romanum · 2020 USA calendar

Holy Thursday

I class · White (Mass), Violet (Office)

From Palm Sunday

On weekdays without their own proper, the Mass takes the Sunday’s prayers.

Novus Ordo · 2002 Missale Romanum

Holy Thursday

triduum · White · Holy Week · Year B

Commentary for this day

CollectApr 6, 2023

WDTPRS – Holy “Maundy” Thursday (2002MR):

Sacratissimam, Deus, frequentantibus Cenam, in qua Unigenitus tuus, morti se traditurus, novum in saecula sacrificium dilectionisque suae convivium Ecclesiae commendavit, da nobis, quaesumus, ut ex tanto mysterio plenitudinem caritatis hauriamus et vitae.
Literal rendering

O God, we beg, grant to us attending the most holy Supper in which Your Only-begotten, about to hand Himself over to death, commended to Church a new sacrifice unto the ages and a banquet of His love, that we may from so great a mystery drink deeply the fullness of charity and life. The word haurio gives us the image of Christ’s bitter struggle on Thursday in the garden when faced with the chalice from which He would need to drink.

The term “Maunday” or “Maundy” Thursday refers to Christ’s mandate (mandatum) in John 13:34 to His apostles in the service of the Church. It is also called sometimes “Shere” Thursday, perhaps from “shere” indicating “tolerance” and “remedy”, in the sense of “wiggle room”. This “shere” was, according to the OED the difference or error permissible in a measure of something,…

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Also posted: Apr 13, 2006

CollectApr 21, 2011

WDTPRS Holy “Maundy” Thursday in the Triduum

It might have a thin tendril reaching back into the ancient Veronese Sacramentary #96: Uere dignum: qui se ipsum tibi pro nobis offerens immolandum idem sacerdos et sacer agnus exhibuit.
Literal rendering

O God, we beg, grant to us attending the most holy Supper in which Your Only-begotten, about to hand Himself over to death, commended to Church a new sacrifice unto the ages and a banquet of His love, that we may from so great a mystery drink deeply the fullness of charity and life. The word haurio gives us the image of Christ’s bitter struggle on Thursday in the garden when faced with the chalice from which He would need to drink.

The term “Maunday” or “Maundy” Thursday refers to Christ’s mandate (mandatum) in John 13:34 to His apostles in the service of the Church. It is also called sometimes “Shere” Thursday, perhaps from “shere” indicating “tolerance” and “remedy”, in the sense of “wiggle room”. This “shere” was, according to the OED the difference or error permissible in a measure of something,…

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From Palm Sunday

On weekdays without their own proper, the Mass takes the Sunday’s prayers.

CollectMar 23, 2024

WDTPRS – Palm Sunday: transforming example

Omnipotens sempiterne Deus, qui humano generi, ad imitandum humilitatis exemplum, Salvatorem nostrum carnem sumere et crucem subire fecisti, concede propitius, ut et patientiae ipsius habere documenta et resurrectionis consortia mereamur.
Literal rendering

Almighty eternal God, who, for the human race, made our Savior both assume flesh and undergo the Cross for an example of humility to be imitated, graciously grant, that we may be worthy both to grasp both the lessons of His forbearance and also to have shares in the resurrection.

Palm Sunday marks the beginning of Holy Week. The Sacred Triduum (triduum from tres dies – “three day space”) were once days of obligation when people were freed from servile work so that they could attend the liturgies, once celebrated in the morning. In the 17th century, however, the obligation was removed under the influence of changing social and religious…

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Also posted: Mar 27, 2021 · Mar 24, 2018 · Mar 20, 2016 · Apr 16, 2011 · Mar 27, 2010

Post CommunionApr 9, 2006

Palm Sunday: POST COMMUNION)

Sacro munere satiati, supplices te, Domine, deprecamur, ut, qui fecisti nos morte Filii tui sperare quod credimus, facias nos, eodem resurgente, pervenire quo tendimus.
Literal rendering

Filled to satiety by the sacred gift, we humble ones entreat you, Lord, that you, who made us in the death of your Son to hope for what we believe, will make us, the same Son arising, to reach the place toward which we are striving.

What Does the Prayer Really Say? Palm Sunday – Station: St. St. John Lateran ORIGINALLY PRINTED IN The Wanderer in 2003 Some feedback HE in TN writes via e-mail about my comment that I was sending my article to the publisher from Florida: “This week in Florida, you dive into Lewis & Short as always. Does your weighty personal copy…

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