Thursday, 2 April 2026 Evening Mass of the Lord’s Supper A,B,C Antiphons and Readings on p. 368 of Daily Missal and p. 164 of Sunday Missal

Send us Fan MailEntrance AntiphonWe should glory in the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, in whom is our salvation, life and resurrection, through whom we are saved and delivered.first Reading: Exodus 12:1-8.11-14A reading from the Book of ExodusIn those days:The Lord said to Moses and Aaron in the land of Egypt,“This month shall be for you the beginning of months;it shall be the first month of the year for you.Tell all the congregation of Israelthat on the tenth day of this monththey shall take every man a lambaccording to their fathers’ houses,a lamb for a household;and if the household is too small for a lamb,then a man and his neighbour next to his houseshall take according to the number of persons;according to what each can eatyou shall make your count for the lamb.Your lamb shall be without blemish, a male a year old;you shall take it from the sheep or from the goats;and you shall keep it until the fourteenth day of this month,when the whole assembly of the congregation of Israelshall kill their lambs in the evening.Then they shall take some of the blood,and put it on the two doorpostsand the lintel of the houses in which they eat them.They shall eat the flesh that night, roasted;with unleavened bread and bitter herbs they shall eat it,“In this manner you shall eat it:your loins girded, your sandals on your feet,and your staff in your hand;and you shall eat it in haste.It is the Lord’s Passover.For I will pass through the land of Egypt that night,and I will strike all the firstborn in the land of Egypt,both man and beast;and on all the gods of Egypt I will execute judgments:I am the Lord.The blood shall be a sign for you,upon the houses where you are;and when I see the blood, I will pass over you,and no plague shall fall upon you to destroy you,when I strike the land of Egypt.“This day shall be for you a memorial day,and you shall keep it as a feast to the Lord;throughout your generationsyou shall observe it as an ordinance for ever.The Word of the Lord.Responsorial Psalm: Psalm 116:12-13.15R/.  The cup of blessing is a participation in the blood of Christ.How can I repay the Lord for all his goodness to me?The cup of salvation I will raise;I will call on the name of the Lord.How precious in the eyes of the Lord is the death of his faithful.Your servant am I; the son of your handmaid; you have loosened my bonds.A thanksgiving sacrifice I make: I will call on the name of the Lord.My vows to the Lord I will fulfil before all his people.R/:The cup of blessing is a participation in the blood of Christ.Second reading: 1 Corinthians 11:23-26A reading from the first Letter of Saint Paul to the CorinthiansBrothers and sisters:I received from the Lord what I also delivered to you,that the Lord Jesus on the night when he was betrayedtook bread,and when he had given thanks, he broke it, and said,“This is my body which is foryou.Do this in remembrance of me.”In the same way also the chalice, after supper, saying,“This chalice 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 chalice,you proclaim the Lord’s death until he comes.”The word of the LordGlory and praise to you, O Christ. A new commandment I give to you, says the Lord, that you love one another even as I have loved you.Glory and praise to you, O Christ.Gospel: John 13:1-15A reading from the Holy Gospel according to JohnBefore the feast of the Passover,