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April 1, 2021Lift High the Cross #701
Refrain: Lift high the cross, the love of Christ proclaim till all the world adore his sacred name.
1. Led on their way by this triumphant sign, the hosts of God in conquering ranks combine. Refrain
2. Each newborn servant of the Crucified bears on the brow the seal of him who died. Refrain
3. O Lord, once lifted on the glorious tree, as thou hast promised, draw the world to thee. Refrain
4. So shall our song of triumph ever be: praise to the Crucified for victory! Refrain
First Reading
The LORD said to Moses and Aaron in the land of Egypt,
“This month shall stand at the head of your calendar;
you shall reckon it the first month of the year.
Tell the whole community of Israel:
On the tenth of this month every one of your families
must procure for itself a lamb, one apiece for each household.
If a family is too small for a whole lamb,
it shall join the nearest household in procuring one
and shall share in the lamb
in proportion to the number of persons who partake of it.
The lamb must be a year-old male and without blemish.
You may take it from either the sheep or the goats.
You shall keep it until the fourteenth day of this month,
and then, with the whole assembly of Israel present,
it shall be slaughtered during the evening twilight.
They shall take some of its blood
and apply it to the two doorposts and the lintel
of every house in which they partake of the lamb.
That same night they shall eat its roasted flesh
with unleavened bread and bitter herbs.
“This is how you are to eat it:
with your loins girt, sandals on your feet and your staff in hand,
you shall eat like those who are in flight.
It is the Passover of the LORD.
For on this same night I will go through Egypt,
striking down every firstborn of the land, both man and beast,
and executing judgment on all the gods of Egypt—I, the LORD!
But the blood will mark the houses where you are.
Seeing the blood, I will pass over you;
thus, when I strike the land of Egypt,
no destructive blow will come upon you.
“This day shall be a memorial feast for you,
which all your generations shall celebrate
with pilgrimage to the LORD, as a perpetual institution.”
Responsorial Psalm
R. Our blessing-cup is a communion with the Blood of Christ.
How shall I make a return to the LORD
for all the good he has done for me?
The cup of salvation I will take up,
and I will call upon the name of the LORD.
R. Our blessing-cup is a communion with the Blood of Christ.
Precious in the eyes of the LORD
is the death of his faithful ones.
I am your servant, the son of your handmaid;
you have loosed my bonds.
R. Our blessing-cup is a communion with the Blood of Christ.
To you will I offer sacrifice of thanksgiving,
and I will call upon the name of the LORD.
My vows to the LORD I will pay
in the presence of all his people.
R. Our blessing-cup is a communion with the Blood of Christ.
2nd Reading
Brothers and sisters:
I received from the Lord what I also handed on to you,
that the Lord Jesus, on the night he was handed over,
took bread, and, after he had given thanks,
broke it and said, “This is my body that is for you.
Do this in remembrance of me.”
In the same way also the cup, after supper, saying,
“This cup is the new covenant in my blood.
Do this, as often as you drink it, in remembrance of me.”
For as often as you eat this bread and drink the cup,
you proclaim the death of the Lord until he comes.
Gospel Acclamation
R. Praise to you, Lord Jesus Christ, King of endless glory!
I give you a new commandment, says the Lord:
love one another as I have loved you.
R. Praise to you, Lord Jesus Christ, King of endless glory!
Gospel
Before the feast of Passover, Jesus knew that his hour had come
to pass from this world to the Father.
He loved his own in the world and he loved them to the end.
The devil had already induced Judas, son of Simon the Iscariot, to hand him over.
So, during supper,
fully aware that the Father had put everything into his power
and that he had come from God and was returning to God,
he rose from supper and took off his outer garments.
He took a towel and tied it around his waist.
Then he poured water into a basin
and began to wash the disciples’ feet
and dry them with the towel around his waist.
He came to Simon Peter, who said to him,
“Master, are you going to wash my feet?”
Jesus answered and said to him,
“What I am doing, you do not understand now,
but you will understand later.”
Peter said to him, “You will never wash my feet.”
Jesus answered him,
“Unless I wash you, you will have no inheritance with me.”
Simon Peter said to him,
“Master, then not only my feet, but my hands and head as well.”
Jesus said to him,
“Whoever has bathed has no need except to have his feet washed,
for he is clean all over;
so you are clean, but not all.”
For he knew who would betray him;
for this reason, he said, “Not all of you are clean.”So when he had washed their feet
and put his garments back on and reclined at table again,
he said to them, “Do you realize what I have done for you?
You call me ‘teacher’ and ‘master,’ and rightly so, for indeed I am.
If I, therefore, the master and teacher, have washed your feet,
you ought to wash one another’s feet.
I have given you a model to follow,
so that as I have done for you, you should also do.”
At the Washing of the Feet:
Schola: Love One Another
The Servant Song #386
Offertory:
Schola: Remember Me
Communion:
Schola: Ave Verum Corpus
Gift of Finest Wheat #320
Refrain: You satisfy the hungry heart With gift of finest wheat; Come give to us, O saving Lord, The bread of life to eat.
1. As when the shepherd calls his sheep, They know and heed his voice; So when you call your fam'ly, Lord, We follow and rejoice. Refrain
2. With joyful lips we sing to you Our praise and gratitude, That you should count us worthy, Lord, To share this heav'nly food. Refrain
3. Is not the cup we bless and share The blood of Christ outpoured? Do not one cup, one loaf, declare Our oneness in the Lord? Refrain
4. The myst'ry of your presence, Lord, No mortal tongue can tell: Whom all the world cannot contain Comes in our hearts to dwell. Refrain
5. You give yourself to us, O Lord; Then selfless let us be, To serve each other in your name In truth and charity. Refrain
Text: Omer Westendorf, 1916-1998, © 1977, Archdiocese of Philadelphia
Pange, Lingua, Gloriosi/Tantum Ergo
*1. Pange, lingua, gloriósi Córporis mystérium Sanguinísque pretiósi, Quem in múndi prétium Fructus ventris generósi Rex effúdit géntium.
2. Nobis datus, nobis natus Ex intácta Vírgine, Et in múndo conversátus, Sparso verbi sémine, Sui moras incolátus Miro clausit órdine.
3. In suprémae nocte coenae, Récumbens cum frátribus, Observáta lege plene Cibis in legálibus, Cibum turbae duodénae Se dat suis mánibus.
4. Verbum caro, panem verum Verbo carnem éfficit: Fitque sanguis Christi merum, Et si sensus déficit, Ad firmándum cor sincérum Sola fides súfficit.
**5. Tantum ergo Sacraméntum Venerémur cérnui: Et antíquum documéntum Novo cedat rítui: Praestet fides suppleméntum Sénsuum deféctui.
6. Genitóri, Genitóque Laus et jubilátio, Salus, honor, virtus quoque Sit et benedíctio: Procedénti ab utróque Compar sit laudátio. Amen.
*Verses 1-4 are repeated as necessary until the procession reaches the place of repose. **Verses 5-6 are sung while the priest, kneeling, incenses the Blessed Sacrament. Then the Blessed Sacrament is placed in the tabernacle of repose.
Text: 87 87 87; Pange lingua gloriosi and Tantum ergo; St. Thomas Aquinas, 1227–1274; Liber Hymnarius, 1983. Music: Chant, mode III; Liber Hymnarius, 1983.
