14 Apr 2022
I’m Wearing Sandals (so I’m gonna need some polish)
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For 14 April 2022, Holy Thursday, Mass of the Lord’s Supper, based on Exodus 12:1-8, 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 neighbour 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. 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 judgements: 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.
Scripture passage from the New Revised Standard Version Bible: Catholic Edition, copyright 1989, 1993, Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Used by permission. All rights reserved.
15 April 2022 @ 5:48 am
Hi Deb, it has been a long time since I have responded to your homily, usually I listen, reflect and rush on with my day. But this is Holy Thursday, a day to take slowly and live with the Lord. I. also remember a parish where everyone was invited to have his/her feet washed and wash the feet of the next person. We used perfumed water and soft, fluffy towels. Tonight I will metaphorically wash the feet of my neighbors in the pews as we remember the love and humility of Our Lord. I miss you and our talks. I pray that you and your family are well. Blessed Triduum and Easter
17 April 2022 @ 10:34 am
I miss you both as well. The Tridium is just not the same without the Wilhelm’s here. Thank you for yet another inspiring words of wisdom Deb. Jane
18 April 2022 @ 4:07 am
Dear Nick, Megan, Scott, Deb, Ann, and Ruth Ann,
I am proud of the moving corpus of preaching that we have brought to the Word’s online community this Holy Week. Happy Resurrection Sunday!
Greg Heille OP