Holy Thursday Mass Explained. To use Third Party video services on our site you have to accept cookies. By From the St.
April 1 2021 St. Maundy Thursday is the fifth day of Holy Week preceded by Holy Wednesday and followed by Good Friday. In the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit.
Normally for sure at the Mass of Holy Thursday we would receive communion under the two species Bishop Nicholas DiMarzio explained but this year that will be limited to just one species the host.
Here the bishop breathes over the vessel of chrism a gesture which symbolizes both the Holy Spirit coming down to consecrate this oil and the life-giving sanctifying nature of the sacraments for which it is used. The Holy Mass could be described as the ritual celebration of what Jesus fulfilled only once in history. Getty Pope Francis leads the Holy Chrism Mass on Maundy Thursday on March 29 2018 at St Peters basilica. Holy Thursday Mass of the Lords Supper.
