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At the beginning of the Mass of the Lord’s Supper that we celebrate at sundown, Lent officially ends for Catholic Christians, and we enter the tiniest of the liturgical seasons of the year: Triduum.
In this special Mass, the only Mass of the year when we commemorate Jesus’ washing his disciples’ feet, we read about the institution of Holy Communion. We read:
For I received from the Lord what I also handed on to you, that the Lord Jesus, on the night he was handed over, took bread, and, after he had given thanks, broke it and said, “This is my body that is for you. Do this in remembrance of me.” In the same way also the cup, after supper, saying, “This cup 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 cup, you proclaim the death of the Lord until he comes (1 Corinthians 11: 23-26).
For over 2,000 years, Catholic Christians have treasured this beautiful gift that Jesus gave us, his very self. And, we continue to celebrate the Eucharist (Mass) as the “source and summit” of our Christian faith. How incredibly blessed are we to be called.
Holy Thursday also is the symbolic “birthday” of the ordained priesthood, for the apostles are the first bishops of the Church, with Peter being the first pope.
In the above photo, we see three priests gathered at a special Mass celebrated on October 4, 2025 in honor of the feast of St. Francis of Assisi, patron saint of the parish of San Francisco de Asís, headquartered in Reitoca, F.M., Honduras. From left to right in the above photo are myself (Fr. Bob Kus) vicar of the parish; Fr. Darwin Medina, native of Reitoca and now pastor of the neighboring parish of Nuestra Señora de Candelaria in Curarén, F.M., Honduras; and Fr. Cecilio Rivera, pastor of San Francisco de Asís.
