Posts tagged Last Supper

The Last Supper (detail), Willem Jacob Herreyns (1743–1827), c. 1795; Church of Saint Clement, Watermael-Boitsfort, Belgium

Christ, High Priest of the New Covenant

Thursday 14 April 2022

The Evening Mass of the Lord’s Supper is the celebration of the dawn of our salvation that will lead us into the promise of the Easter joy. We gather together to hear and participate in the story of our salvation and with renewed vision, encounter Christ the living God who will embrace death to open the gates of heaven.

Humility and Servanthood: Maundy Thursday Homily.

Saturday 26 March 2016

Why, on the night that Jesus institutes the Eucharist at the Last Supper, does he begin the evening by washing the disciples’ feet? What is the connection? Jesus has a way of taking the familiar and turning the meaning on its head. Echoed throughout his teaching is the lesson of humility: If you want to […]