Maunday Thursday

HOLY THURSDAY. 

Good evening everyone. Today the Holy Catholic Church celebrates Maundy Thursday. Mandate in Latin means to give. Our Lord Jesus Christ the only Son of God, the Alpha and Omega namely the beginning and end and it's because of Him, everything came into being and everything exists, gave a mandate at the Last Supper saying to His disciples, followers, apostles and to all of us..."Love one another as I have loved you". 

He asks us to love one another, it's because God created every one of us in His own image and likeness.  

In today's first reading the book of Exodus talks about the holy Passover. It talks about how God saved His chosen people from slavery and suffering. God will never let His people suffer and die. It's because they belong to Him and He is their God. He made covenant with Adam, Noah, Abraham and others to make His people a people of God and to prosper forever. Our God loves us so much and when we call on His in our distress, He immediately answers to our call. He is the God hope and love; happiness and joy. He saved us through His Son our Lord Jesus Christ. 

In the second reading St. Paul tell the people of Corinth what he received from the Lord, He is giving to them. And he continued to say that the Lord Jesus Christ on the night before His betrayal at the last supper took bread and blessed it and gave it to His apostles and said, "Take and eat" and like manner, He with His blessed hands took the chalice and blessed and gave it to His disciples and said, "This is my blood and drink it in remembrance of me". Dear friends, every time, we eat the bread and drink from the cup, we remember the great act of God that is sending His only Son Christ for our salvation. Without Him, we might have perished and gone but because of Him, we are holy and blameless. So, let us recognize the presence of Christ our Lord in the celebration of the Holy Eucharist. 

In today's gospel, Christ our Lord as washing the feet of His own disciples and gives them a new commandment saying, "Love one another as I have loved you." You call me Lord and Master and if your master washes your feet, you ought to do too. He did not talk to them about serving others using many words, but He showed to them by His examples.  

Let us be like the Lord our God and love others as He has loved us and serve others as He served others and celebrate this Maundy Thursday with devotion and faith. Amen.