Priesthood, Eucharist and Washing the feet of Jesus' Disciples: Holy Thursday (Thursday, April, 18th, 2019)

Listen to the homily here.

Notes:

A priest, eucharist and Jesus Christ!

Eucharistic #4

·     “For when the hour had come for him to be glorified by you, Father most holy, having loved his own who were in the world, he loved them to the end: and while they were at supper, he took bread, blessed and broke it, and gave it to his disciples, saying: TAKE THIS, ALL OF YOU, AND EAT OF IT, FOR THIS IS MY BODY, WHICH WILL BE GIVEN UP FOR YOU.”

·     “In a similar way, taking the chalice filled with the fruit of the vine, he gave thanks, and gave the chalice to his disciples saying: TAKE THIS, ALL OF YOU, AND DRINK FROM IT, FOR THIS IS THE CHALICE OF MY BLOOD, THE BLOOD OF THE NEW AND ETERNAL COVENANT, WHICH WILL BE POURED OUT FOR YOU AND FOR MANY FOR THE FORGIVENESS OF THE SINS.  DO THIS IN MEMORY OF ME.”

What an honor to serve you:

·     For Mass, for baptisms, confessions, first communions, confirmations, marriages, anointing of the sick

·     And day to day is totally different, and I love it, with both wonderful and challenging, sacred and sinful humanity, walking together with you

I do stand in persona Christi

·     “…meaning with the Catechism of the Catholic Church that “In the ecclesial service of the ordained minister, it is Christ himself who is present to his Church as Head of his Body, Shepherd of his flock, high priest of the redemptive sacrifice, Teacher of Truth. This is what the Church means by saying that the priest, by virtue of the sacrament of Holy Orders, acts in persona Christi Capitis…”

And, Jesus is the BEST:

·     “You call me 'teacher' and 'master,' and rightly so, for indeed I am.If I, therefore, the master and teacher, have washed your feet, you ought to wash one another's feet.I have given you a model to follow, so that as I have done for you, you should also do….I give you a new commandment, says the Lord:love one another as I have loved you.”

Thus I must follow our teacher, our master and our friend, as we, as pilgrims, must do the same, and as he washed the feet of his disciples we must do the same to our neighbors.