HOLY THURSDAY -- April 2, 2026

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Theme: The Heart of Christ's Love

Readings:

• Exodus 12:1-8, 11-14
• 1 Corinthians 11:23-26
• John 13:1-15

“I have given you an example, that you also should do as I have done to you".

Reflection

Exodus 12:1-8, 11-14

Tonight we stand at the threshold of mystery. In Exodus, God commands Israel to prepare the Passover lamb, a sign of deliverance and freedom. This meal is not just nourishment —it is remembrance, a way of carrying God's saving act into every generation.

1 Corinthians 11:23-26

Paul reminds the Corinthians that Jesus, on the night He was betrayed, gave Himself in bread and wine. "Do this in remembrance of me." The Eucharist is not simply ritual; it is encounter. Each time we break the bread and share the cup, we proclaim His death and resurrection until He comes again.

John 13:1-15

We have all experienced moments when someone important bids us farewell, leaving us with words that stay with us. Tonight, on Holy Thursday, we enter the heart of Jesus' love. John's Gospel tells us that Jesus, "having loved his own who were in the world, loved them to the end." That love is not distant or abstract—it is shown in the most surprising way: the Lord and Teacher kneels down to wash the feet of his disciples.

In their world, foot washing was the work of servants, not masters. Yet Jesus chooses humility. He shows us that true greatness is found not in power or privilege, but in service. He tells his disciples, "I have given you an example, that you also should do as I have done to you." Discipleship, then, is not about status—it is about lowering ourselves to lift others up.

Holy Thursday reminds us that love is not only spoken, but enacted. In the Eucharist, which we celebrate tonight, Jesus gives us his very body and blood. It is the sacrament of self-giving love. To receive it is to commit ourselves to living Eucharistically: to be broken and poured out for others, especially the forgotten, the poor, and the vulnerable.

So, as we reflect on John 13, let us ask:

• Whose feet am I called to wash?
• Where in my life can I embody Christ's humility? 

The challenge of Holy Thursday is not simply to admire Jesus' gesture, but to imitate it. To love "to the end" means to love without limits, without conditions, and without fear of lowering ourselves.

May this night renew in us the courage to serve, the humility to bend low, and the joy of knowing that in washing one another's feet, we touch the very mystery of God's love.

AMEN!