Jul 11, 2024
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Holy Thursday
Today is Holy Thursday. The start of Triduum. And it begins with Mass.
Not just any Mass. But the Mass. The Evening Mass of the Lord’s Supper.
A once-a-year Mass that is both a call-back to the very first Eucharist - the Last Supper - and also a moment of unity with the Last Supper.
Not simply unity in the sense of remembering, or an emotional or spiritual connection. Although it is most definitely all of that.
But also unity on a much deeper level. A literal, tangible connection with the Last Supper. Through the Eucharist.
In today’s Gospel, Jesus asks the Apostles, “Do you realize what I have done for you?”
Stop for moment. Look at things from their perspective.
The Last Supper is a Seder. The traditional Jewish meal at Passover. It’s part of the Apostles’ normal. They do this with Jesus every year.
With a Seder, there are set things that always happen. A specific meal is eaten. Set questions are asked. Symbols are explained. Specific prayers are said.
This year, Jesus goes off script.
Jesus offers parts of the meal with His own questions. His own explanations. His own prayers.
Then Jesus does something that’s never been part of any Seder. Before or since.
Something that any (1st century) civilized person should have taken care of before they ever sat down to eat. Something that no Jew (not even a slave) would ever do for someone else. Jesus washes their feet.
Back to Jesus’ question, “Do you realize what I have done for you?”
From the Apostles’ perspective, this is just confusing. Their normal has been messed with. They don’t understand.
As people whose normal is being messed with – by gas and grocery prices, by AI, by so much that’s uncertain, by so many things that are unstable – we can empathize.
What do you do - when your normal is being messed with?
Whatever we do - in the end there really are only two options. Run away from Jesus. Or run to Jesus.
The Apostles show us how both options play out.
One of them flees from Jesus. We know how that ended. Horribly.
The rest of them stay with Jesus. They struggle with what’s happening. And it gets worse before it gets better. But we know how that ended too.
It’s called Easter.
Today’s Readings
do you think I should post my top 25 books of the year, or should I transform into a winged dragon with glittery golden scales and fly into the heavens never to be seen again
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This is so specific is this based on a meme or is this a fetish
SUPER IMPORTANT POLL!!!
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YES YOU GO GIRL
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"Boy Howdy!" I exclaim. "And his pa, Man Howdy!"
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