How Long Does Holy Thursday Mass Last. During the Last Supper Jesus offered Himself as the Passover. Peters Basilica at the Vatican April 14 2022.
The betrayer soon departed to carry out his evil act. To all our readers Please dont scroll past this. It commemorates the institution of the Eucharist as the true body and blood of Jesus Christ and the institution of the priesthood.
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.
After the consumption of the first the second Host is placed in a chalice which is covered with a pall and inverted paten. April 14 2022. The Holy Thursday Mass of the Lords Supper is meant to commemorate Christs institution of the Eucharist at the Last Supper and it also marks the institution of the priesthood. Typically a Sunday Mass including a homily takes about an hour.
