Lent - Holy Thursday
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Memory, Service and Love
Holy Thursday. Fr Euan Marley suggests that a life of loving service is an eternal liturgy. Some years ago, a brother
One Flesh in Love
Maundy Thursday. Fr Malcolm McMahon recalls his first experience of the Mass of the Lord's Supper. I remember when ‘foot-washing’ became
Our Daily Bread
Holy Thursday. Fr Luke Doherty considers how the Eucharist brings us hope by transcending the limits of time. (Our sermons
Love to the End
Holy Thursday. Fr Gregory Murphy offers a sermon for the Mass of the Lord’s Supper. I am writing from Scotland, where
Maundy Thursday 2020
Thursday of the Lord's Supper (Maundy Thursday) | Fr Dermot Morrin contemplates the reality of life-giving charity that is symbolised
Freedom to Captives
Maundy Thursday | Fr Dominic White reflects on the streams of grace that come from Christ's washing of feet both
The Beginning and the End
Maundy Thursday II | Fr Allan White reflects on the renewal of each of us that must be begun and
Embracing the Repulsive?
Maundy Thursday | Fr Richard Ounsworth connects the dots between the Eucharist and the washing of feet. Today is the day
Washed By God’s Servant
Maundy Thursday (A) | Fr Isidore Clarke ponders the meaning of Jesus's actions at the Last Supper. Actions certainly speak louder
Sharing the Life of God
Holy Thursday. fr Thomas Skeats shows us how through celebrating the Lord's Supper we come to share in the life
As I Have Loved You
Holy Thursday. Fr Dominic Ryan explains how our nature is healed and raised up by participating in the death and
A Mere Symbol?
Holy Thursday. Fr Robert Verrill explains how the Holy Eucharist is the most genuine symbol of all, perfectly signifying that