THE PASCHAL TRIDUUM:
MAUNDY THURSDAY
April 17, 2025
Holy EUCHARIST
7:00 P.M.
BISHOP: The Rt. Rev. Kara Wagner Sherer
PRESIDER: The Rev. Dr. Julianne Buenting
MUSIC DIRECTOR and ORGANIST: Stephen Kennedy
TRANSITIONAL DEACON: The Rev. Joel D. Wilbur
The Paschal Triduum encompasses Maundy Thursday, Good Friday, and the Great Vigil of Easter on Saturday night. It is one liturgical service divided over three days, with lengthy intermissions. Therefore, we leave the Maundy Thursday and Good Friday portions in complete silence without a blessing or dismissal.
Maundy Thursday is the first part of the Triduum. We commemorate the Lord’s Last Supper with the disciples and recall his instructions for us to continue to share in the Holy Communion of his Body and Blood. After receiving Holy Communion, the Blessed Sacrament is reposed in the chapel to provide a place for us to watch and pray with the Lord. The Maundy Thursday portion of the Triduum concludes with the striping of the altar, as we recall the Lord’s betrayal and arrest.
Good Friday is observed with solemnity and without instrumental music, as we recall the suffering and death of the Lord. The Holy Eucharist is not offered on Good Friday. The observance includes Scripture lessons, the Solemn Collects, the chanting of the Passion Gospel, and veneration of the cross. Following the Good Friday Liturgy, the Scriptural Stations of the Cross will be prayed in the nave.
The Great Vigil of Easter
The Saturday evening Great Vigil of Easter is the first celebration of Eastertide. The service begins with lighting a new fire and the chanting of the Exultet. By candlelight and through multiple readings from the Hebrew Scriptures, the story of God’s covenant with humanity is recounted. We renew our Baptismal vows before the proclamation of the Resurrection of the Lord and the Gospel. The first Festive Holy Eucharist of Eastertide is then celebrated.
THE WORD OF GOD
HYMN 692 I heard the voice of Jesus say
ACCLAMATION
The Collect for Purity
Celebrant: Almighty God, to you all hearts are open, all desires known, and from you no secrets are hid; Cleanse the thoughts of our hearts by the inspiration of your Holy Spirit, that we may perfectly love you, and worthily magnify your holy Name; through Christ our Lord. Amen.
TRISAGION
Celebrant: The Lord be with you.
People: And also with you.
Celebrant: Let us pray.
THE COLLECT OF THE DAY
Almighty Father, whose dear Son, on the night before he suffered, instituted the Sacrament of his Body and Blood: Mercifully grant that we may receive it thankfully in remembrance of Jesus Christ our Lord, who in these holy mysteries gives us a pledge of eternal life; and who now lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.
THE LESSONS
The people sit.
After each Reading, the Reader says:
The Word of the Lord.
People: Thanks be to God.
THE FIRST READING
Exodus 12:1-4, (5-10), 11-14
The Lord said to Moses and Aaron in the land of Egypt: This month shall mark for you the beginning of months; it shall be the first month of the year for you. Tell the whole congregation of Israel that on the tenth of this month they are to take a lamb for each family, a lamb for each household. If a household is too small for a whole lamb, it shall join its closest neighbor in obtaining one; the lamb shall be divided in proportion to the number of people who eat of it. Your lamb shall be without blemish, a year-old male; you may take it from the sheep or from the goats. You shall keep it until the fourteenth day of this month; then the whole assembled congregation of Israel shall slaughter it at twilight. They shall take some of the blood and put it on the two doorposts and the lintel of the houses in which they eat it. They shall eat the lamb that same night; they shall eat it roasted over the fire with unleavened bread and bitter herbs. Do not eat any of it raw or boiled in water, but roasted over the fire, with its head, legs, and inner organs. You shall let none of it remain until the morning; anything that remains until the morning you shall burn. This is how you shall eat it: your loins girded, your sandals on your feet, and your staff in your hand; and you shall eat it hurriedly. It is the passover of the Lord. For I will pass through the land of Egypt that night, and I will strike down every firstborn in the land of Egypt, both human beings and animals; on all the gods of Egypt I will execute judgments: I am the Lord. The blood shall be a sign for you on the houses where you live: when I see the blood, I will pass over you, and no plague shall destroy you when I strike the land of Egypt.
This day shall be a day of remembrance for you. You shall celebrate it as a festival to the Lord; throughout your generations you shall observe it as a perpetual ordinance.
GRADUAL PSALM 116 vs. 10-17 Delexi, quoniam
Observing a longer pause at the asterisk.
Choir:
10. How shall I re-/ pay the Lord *
for all the good things he / has done for me?
11. I will lift up the cup of sal-/ vation *
and call upon / the Lord’s name.
All:
12 I will fulfill my vows / to the Lord *
in the presence of all / his people.
13 Precious in the sight / of the Lord *
is the death of / his servants.
14 O Lord, I am your / servant; *
I am your servant and the child of your handmaid; you have freed / me from my bonds.
15 I will offer you the sacrifice of thanks-/ giving *
and call upon / the Lord’s name.
16 I will fulfill my vows / to the Lord*
in the presence of all / you people
17 In the courts of the / Lord’s house,*
in the midst of you, O / Jerusalem.
THE SECOND READING 1 Corinthians 11:23-26
I received from the Lord what I also handed on to you, that the Lord Jesus on the night when he was betrayed took a loaf of bread, and when he had given thanks, he broke it and said, “This is my body that is for you. Do this in remembrance of me.” In the same way he took the cup also, 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 Lord’s death until he comes.
TRACT Ab ortu solis
Gospeler: The Holy Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ according to John.
People: Glory to you, Lord Christ.
Sequence Hymn 314 Humbly I adore thee Adoro devote
The HOLY GOSPEL John 13:1-17, 31b-35
Gospeler: Holy Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ according to John.
People: Glory to you, Lord Christ.
Now before the festival of the Passover, Jesus knew that his hour had come to depart from this world and go to the Father. Having loved his own who were in the world, he loved them to the end. The devil had already put it into the heart of Judas son of Simon Iscariot to betray him. And during supper Jesus, knowing that the Father had given all things into his hands, and that he had come from God and was going to God, got up from the table, took off his outer robe, and tied a towel around himself. Then he poured water into a basin and began to wash the disciples’ feet and to wipe them with the towel that was tied around him. He came to Simon Peter, who said to him, “Lord, are you going to wash my feet?” Jesus answered, “You do not know now what I am doing, but later you will understand.” Peter said to him, “You will never wash my feet.” Jesus answered, “Unless I wash you, you have no share with me.” Simon Peter said to him, “Lord, not my feet only but also my hands and my head!” Jesus said to him, “One who has bathed does not need to wash, except for the feet, but is entirely clean. And you are clean, though not all of you.” For he knew who was to betray him; for this reason he said, “Not all of you are clean.”
After he had washed their feet, had put on his robe, and had returned to the table, he said to them, “Do you know what I have done to you? You call me Teacher and Lord--and you are right, for that is what I am. So if I, your Lord and Teacher, have washed your feet, you also ought to wash one another’s feet. For I have set you an example, that you also should do as I have done to you. Very truly, I tell you, servants are not greater than their master, nor are messengers greater than the one who sent them. If you know these things, you are blessed if you do them.
“Now the Son of Man has been glorified, and God has been glorified in him. If God has been glorified in him, God will also glorify him in himself and will glorify him at once. Little children, I am with you only a little longer. You will look for me; and as I said to the Jews so now I say to you, `Where I am going, you cannot come.’ I give you a new commandment, that you love one another. Just as I have loved you, you also should love one another. By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another.”
Gospeler: The Gospel of the Lord.
People: Praise to you, Lord Christ.
The Sermon The Rev. Dr. Julianne Buenting
A time of silent reflection is kept after the sermon.
The Prayers of the People Form IV
Leader: Let us pray for the Church and for the world. Grant, Almighty God, that all who confess
your Name may be united in your truth, live together in your love, and reveal your glory in the world.
Silence
Lord, in your mercy
All: Hear our prayer.
Guide the people of this land, and of all the nations, in the ways of justice and peace; that we
may honor one another and serve the common good.
Silence
Lord, in your mercy
Hear our prayer.
Give us all a reverence for the earth as your own creation, that we may use its resources rightly
in the service of others and to your honor and glory.
Silence
Lord, in your mercy
Hear our prayer.
Bless all whose lives are closely linked with ours, and grant that we may serve Christ in them,
and love one another as he loves us.
Silence
Lord, in your mercy
Hear our prayer.
Comfort and heal all those who suffer in body, mind, or spirit; give them courage and hope in
their troubles, and bring them the joy of your salvation.
Silence
Lord, in your mercy
Hear our prayer.
We commend to your mercy all who have died, that your will for them may be fulfilled; and we
pray that we may share with all your saints in your eternal kingdom.
Silence
Lord, in your mercy
Hear our prayer.
Presider: Lord Jesus Christ, you said to your apostles, “Peace I give to you; my own peace I leave
with you:” Regard not our sins, but the faith of your Church, and give to us the peace and unity
of that heavenly City, where with the Father and the Holy Spirit, you live and reign, now and for ever.
Amen.
Confession of Sin
Deacon Let us confess our sins against God and our neighbor.
Silence is kept.
All: God of all mercy, we confess that we have sinned against you, opposing your will
in our lives. We have denied your goodness in each other, in ourselves, and
in the world you have created. We repent of the evil that enslaves us,
the evil we have done, and the evil done on our behalf.
Forgive, restore, and strengthen us through our Savior Jesus Christ,
that we may abide in your love and serve only your will. Amen.
Presider: Almighty God have mercy on you, forgive you all your sins through the grace of Jesus Christ,
strengthen you in all goodness, and by the power of the Holy Spirit keep you in eternal life. Amen.
THE PEACE
Celebrant: The peace of the Lord be always with you.
People: And also with you.
People greet one another in the name of the Lord.
PARISH NOTICES
+an opportunity to make an offering+
THE HOLY COMMUNION
Offertory Hymn 317 This is the hour of banquet and song
THE GREAT THANKSGIVING
All who are able, stand.
SURSUM CORDA Plainsong
It is truly right to glorify you, eternal God, and to give you thanks; for you alone are God, living and true, dwelling in light inaccessible from before time and forever. Fountain of life and source of all goodness, you made all things and fill them with your blessing; you created them to rejoice in the splendor of your radiance. Countless throngs of angels stand before you to serve you night and day; and, beholding the glory of your presence, they offer you unceasing praise. Joining with them, and giving voice to every creature under heaven, we acclaim you, and glorify your Name, as we sing,
SANCTUS Plainsong Mass XVIII
The people may stand or kneel as they are able.
The Presider continues
We acclaim you, holy Lord, glorious in power. Your mighty works reveal your wisdom and love. You formed us in your own image, giving the whole world into our care, so that, in obedience to you, our Creator, we might rule and serve all your creatures. When our disobedience took us far from you, you did not abandon us to the power of death. In your mercy you came to our help, so that in seeking you we might find you. Again and again, you called us into covenant with you, and through the prophets you taught us to hope for salvation.
Gracious God, you loved the world so much that in the fullness of time you sent your only Son to be our Savior. Incarnate by the Holy Spirit, born of the Virgin Mary, he lived as one of us, yet without sin. To the poor he proclaimed the good news of salvation; to prisoners, freedom; to the sorrowful, joy. To fulfill your purpose he gave himself up to death; and, rising from the grave, destroyed death, and made the whole creation new. And, that we might live no longer for ourselves, but for him who died and rose for us, he sent the Holy Spirit, his own first gift for those who believe, to complete his work in the world, and to bring to fulfillment the sanctification of all.
When the hour had come for him to be glorified by you, his heavenly Father, having loved his own who were in the world, he loved them to the end; at supper with them he took bread, and when he had given thanks to you, he broke it, and gave it to his disciples, and said, “Take, eat: This is my Body, which is given for you. Do this for the remembrance of me.”
After supper he took the cup of wine; and when he had given thanks, he gave it to them, and said, “Drink this, all of you. This is my Blood of the new Covenant, which is shed for you and for many for the forgiveness of sins. Whenever you drink it, do this for the remembrance of me.”
Father, we now celebrate this memorial of our redemption. Recalling Christ’s death and his descent among the dead, proclaiming his resurrection and ascension to your right hand, awaiting his coming in glory; and offering to you, from the gifts you have given us, this bread and this cup, we praise you and we bless you.
Presider and People
We praise you, we bless you,
we give thanks to you, and we pray to you, Lord our God.
The Presider continues
Lord, we pray that in your goodness and mercy your Holy Spirit may descend upon us, and upon
these gifts, sanctifying them and showing them to be holy gifts for your holy people, the bread of life
and the cup of salvation, the Body and Blood of your Son Jesus Christ. Grant that all who share this
bread and cup may become one body and one spirit, a living sacrifice in Christ, to the praise of your Name.
Remember, Lord, your one holy catholic and apostolic Church, redeemed by the blood of your Christ. Reveal its unity, guard its faith, and preserve it in peace. And grant that we may find our inheritance with Mary, the Mother of God, with our forebears in faith, with prophets, apostles, and martyrs, and with all the saints who have found favor with you in ages past. We praise you in union with them and give you glory through your Son Jesus Christ our Lord.
Through Christ, and with Christ, and in Christ, in the unity of the Holy Spirit, all honor and glory are yours, Almighty Father, now and forever. AMEN.
THE LORD’S PRAYER
THE BREAKING OF THE BREAD
A period of silence is kept.
FRACTION ANTHEM
AGNUS DEI Anon., c.1375
First Agnus Dei: Organ and choristers
Second Agnus Dei: Congregation
Third Agnus Dei: Organ and choristers
Translation: Lamb of God, you take away the sins of the world, have mercy on us.
Lamb of God, you take away the sins of the world, have mercy on us.
Lamb of God, you take away the sins of the world, grant us peace.
Celebrant: The gifts of God for the People of God.
You are invited to the altar to receive communion, or a blessing from the Priest.
THE STRIPPING OF THE ALTAR
The people may stand or kneel as they are able.
Psalm 22
Cantors intone first half of each verse. Observing a longer pause at the asterisk, All join singing after the asterisk.
1 My God, my God, why have you for-/ saken me? *
and are so far from my cry and from the words / of my distress?
2 O my God, I cry in the daytime, but you do not / answer; *
by night as well, but / I find no rest.
3 Yet you are the / Holy One, *
enthroned upon the praises / of Is-ra-el.
4 Our forefathers put their / trust in you; *
they trusted, and you / delivered them.
5 They cried out to you and were de-/ livered; *
they trusted in you and were / not put to shame.
6 But as for me, I am a worm and / no man, *
scorned by all and despised by / the people.
7 All who see me laugh me to / scorn; *
curl their lips and wag their / heads, saying,
8 “He trusted in the Lord; let him de-/liver him; *
let him rescue him, if he / delights in him.”
9 Yet you are he who took me out of the / womb, *
and kept me safe upon / my mother’s breast.
10 I have been entrusted to you ever since I was / born; *
you were my God when I was still in / my mother’s womb.
11 Be not far from me, for trouble is / near, *
and there / is none to help.
12 Many young bulls en-/ circle me; *
strong bulls of Bashan / surround me.
13 They open their mouths a-/ gainst me, *
Lions / that rend and roar.
14 I am poured out like water; all my bones are / out of joint; *
my heart within my breast / is melting wax.
15 My mouth is dried out like a potsherd; my tongue sticks to the roof of my / mouth; *
and you have laid me in / the dust of death.
16 Packs of dogs close me in, and gangs of evildoers circle a-/ round me; *
they pierce my hands and my feet; I can / count all my bones.
17 They stare and gloat / over me; *
they divide my garments among them; they cast lots for / my clothing.
18 Be not far away, O / Lord; *
you are my strength; hasten / to help me.
19 Save me from the / sword, *
my life from the pow-/er of the dog.
20 Save me from the / lion’s mouth, *
my wretched body from the horns / of wild bulls.
21 I will declare your Name to my / breth-ren; *
in the midst of the congregation I / will praise you.
22 Praise the Lord, you that / fear him; *
stand in awe of him, O offspring of Israel; all you of Jacob’s line, / give glory.
23 For he does not despise nor abhor the poor in their poverty; neither does he hide his / face from them; *
but when they cry to him / he hears them.
24 My praise is of him in the great as-/ sembly; *
will perform my vows in the presence of those / who worship him.
25 The poor shall eat and be satisfied, and those who seek the Lord shall / praise him: *
“May your heart live / for ever!”
26 All the ends of the earth shall remember and turn to the / Lord, *
and all the families of the nations shall bow / before him.
27 For kingship belongs to the / Lord; *
he rules over / the nations.
28 To him alone all who sleep in the earth bow down in / worship; *
all who go down to the dust fall / before him.
29 My soul shall live for him; my descendants shall / serve him; *
they shall be known as the Lord’s / for ever.
30 They shall come and make known to a people/yet unborn *
the saving deeds / that he has done.
The people may exit the Church silently or may remain for the Watch in the Chapel.
