THE SACRAMENT AND SACRIFICE
MAUNDY THURSDAY Exo 12:1-8,11-14; Ps 116:12-13,15-18; 1 Cor 11:23-26; Jn 13:1-15 The Sacrament of His Love The celebrations of today put everything we have been reflecting on in perspective. Both the celebration of the Chrism Mass by the bishop and the priests around him, and the celebration of the Lord’s Supper in the evening, point to the same mystery of God's love shown to us in Jesus Christ our Lord. The morning celebration of the Chrism Mass can be seen as the celebration of the means to the Lord’s Supper, for the ministerial priesthood is a ministry in service of the Eucharistic Sacrifice and Communion. Though considered in itself, it is the end of the vocation of the Servant of God. As we have previously noted, the Servant of God plays the role of God, and the purpose of the role is that he becomes a priest or Sacerdos, which means ‘the giver of holy things.’ The holiest thing the Servant gives to his brothers and sisters is the divine will, w...