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The Mass of the Lord's Supper, also known as A Service of Worship for Maundy Thursday, is a Holy Week service celebrated on the evening of Maundy Thursday. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] It inaugurates the Easter Triduum , [ 3 ] and commemorates the Last Supper of Jesus with his disciples , more explicitly than other celebrations of the Mass .
Maundy Thursday or Holy Thursday, among other names, [note 1] is the day during Holy Week that commemorates the Washing of the Feet (Maundy) and Last Supper of Jesus Christ with the Apostles, as described in the canonical gospels. [1] It is the fifth day of Holy Week, preceded by Holy Wednesday (Spy Wednesday) and followed by Good Friday. [2] "
Foot washing rites are also observed in the Oriental Orthodox churches on Maundy Thursday. In the Coptic Orthodox Church the service is performed by the parish priest. He blesses the water for the foot washing with the cross, just as he would for blessing holy water and he washes the feet of the entire congregation.
In Christian tradition, this event represents fulfillment of the promise that Christ will baptize his followers with the Holy Spirit. [ 27 ] [ 36 ] Out of the four New Testament gospels, the distinction between baptism by water and the baptism by Christ with "Holy Spirit and fire" is only found in Matthew and Luke.
The Paschal Triduum or Easter Triduum (Latin: Triduum Paschale), [1] Holy Triduum (Latin: Triduum Sacrum), or the Three Days, [2] is the period of three days that begins with the liturgy on the evening of Maundy Thursday, [3] reaches its high point in the Easter Vigil, and closes with evening prayer on Easter Sunday. [4]
The three days before Ascension Thursday are sometimes referred to as the Rogation days, and the previous Sunday—the Sixth Sunday of Easter (or the Fifth Sunday after Easter)—as Rogation Sunday. Ascension has a vigil and, since the 15th century, an octave , which is set apart for a novena of preparation for Pentecost.
A plenary indulgence was granted for the first Thursday in each month to all who would say it after confession and communion and pray for the needs of the Church. Partial indulgences were granted for saying the prayer at other times. [1] Cajetan's prayer echoes Psalm 120, and was popular as a plea for help and protection in times of trouble.
Psalm 146 is the 146th psalm of the Book of Psalms, beginning in English in the King James Version, "Praise ye the LORD.Praise the LORD, O my soul". In Latin, it is known as "Lauda anima mea Dominum".