Holy Thursday

 

HOLY THURSDAY

Relatively speaking, not too much was done to Holy Thursday. 

The Washing of the Feet is a separate ceremony AFTER Mass.  Usually it is carried out in another room outside of church.  (It is not in the middle of Mass as in the 1962). 

The hosts for holy communion do not have to be consecrated at the Holy Thursday Mass as required in the 1962.

There are two hosts consecrated on this day. 

Before the ablutions, the 2^nd host is placed in a chalice, covered with a white veil which is tied with a white ribbon around the stem of the chalice.  This is carried in procession to the altar of repose.  (Unlike using a ciborium with multiple hosts in the 1962.)

At the stripping of the altars, the covered crucifix with the six High Mass candles remain on the altar.  It is ready to be unveiled on Good Friday.  Everything else is taken out. 

 During the stripping of the altars, Psalm 21 and its Antiphon is recited in a monotone.  It is not sung.  All is sorrow and mourning in the church.

O Sacrament Most Holy, O Sacrament Divine, 

All Praise and All Thanksgiving, Be Every Moment Thine!