Tag Archives: Maundy Thursday

Judging, Wisdom, and Victory (Triduum homilies)

Posted on 30 March 2024 by Fr. Brench

Here are the recordings and notes for my three homilies through the Triduum: Maundy Thursday, Good Friday, and Holy Saturday. MAUNDY THURSDAY 1 Corinthians 11:17-34 What Jesus has accomplished with his blood is offered to you right now in this … Continue reading →

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The love of Power versus the love of the Powerful

Posted on 1 April 2021 by Fr. Brench

The Maundy Thursday service has these default readings: Exodus 12:1-14; Psalm 78:15-26; 1 Corinthians 11:23-34; and Luke 22:14-30. Also with this morning’s reading from John 13 in mind, we are given a powerful example and teaching from our Lord about … Continue reading →

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What does Daniel 9 have to do with Holy Week?

Posted on 1 April 2021 by Fr. Brench

At Morning Prayer on Maundy Thursday, in the original Prayer Book and the 2019 Prayer Book (and probably most in between), the Old Testament lesson is Daniel 9. What’s that doing here? With this it’s best to read Psalm 41, … Continue reading →

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The Passover’s Greatest Gift: Holy Communion

Posted on 9 April 2020 by Fr. Brench

For the past three years, I believe, I’ve celebrated Maundy Thursday with my congregation.  For reasons of logistics, both in our worship space during that time as well as among our members, it was more feasible to observe that day … Continue reading →

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From the Altar to the Foot Basin

Posted on 18 April 2019 by Fr. Brench

A Maundy Thursday homily, on Luke 22:14-30 One of the classic challenges of having four Gospel books is the fact that they don’t always have their chronology lined up with each other.  How did Jesus identify his traitor during the Last … Continue reading →

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Holy Communion in Psalm 78

Posted on 14 April 2017 by Fr. Brench

This was my homily last night for Maundy Thursday. As you may know, there is a lot of poetry in the Bible.  Over the past century, poetry has taken quite a dive in public opinion; what was once considered a … Continue reading →

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The Triduum

Posted on 18 April 2014 by Fr. Brench

“Triduum” is Latin for “three days,” and it refers to the final sequence of days this week: Maundy Thursday, Good Friday, and Holy Saturday.  Together they tell, remember, and reenact the final days of Jesus’ pre-resurrection life. Thursday was the … Continue reading →

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Thursday before Easter, commonly called Maundy Thursday

Posted on 17 April 2014 by Fr. Brench

(17 April 2014, 2 April 2015) The Collects: LORD Jesus Christ, who in this wonderful Sacrament has given us a memorial of your passion: Grant us so to reverence the sacred mysteries of your Body and Blood, that we may … Continue reading →

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Christ our Passover

Posted on 6 April 2012 by Fr. Brench

Fr. Brian, over at Christ the Redeemer Anglican Church in Danvers, preached a phenomenal sermon last night at the Maundy Thursday service, such that I can’t help but summarize it here.  The outline was so simple and the flow of … Continue reading →

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Liturgical Space: Holy Week

Posted on 2 April 2012 by Fr. Brench

Since before Lent began, I’ve had this “stripping of the altar” idea for Holy Week’s setup.  I made this change after morning prayer on Palm Sunday (yesterday), since that morning is when we read the passion narrative in church together … Continue reading →

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