Maundy Thursday
Readings Exodus 12:1-8,11-14; 1 Corinthians 11:23-26
Maundy Thursday is not a mere ritual but a revolution, an eruption of divine love that overturns the logic of the world. In the upper room, Jesus does not simply share bread and wine; He gives His very Body and Blood, instituting the Eucharist as a radical act of deliverance, echoing the Exodus but now leading us from the slavery of sin into the freedom of grace. Like the Israelites, we are called to eat in haste, ready to move, for the Eucharist is food for exiles and pilgrims, not as comfort, but for courage. Courage to walk together with God and one another. At this unique table, God kneels before man, the Master becomes the servant, and power is redefined through humility and sacrifice. In commanding us to “Do this in memory of me,” Christ does not ask for repetition but imitation, a Church that lives the Mass as mission, where every Eucharist fuels a revolution of love against indifference, pride, and injustice. On this night, the altar becomes the front line of self-gift, the chalice and paten the platform where lives are transformed into offerings of love, and we, the Body of Christ, crucified with Him in the Cross, are summoned to follow the Lamb through the Red Sea of His Passion, not as spectators, but as members of His mystical Body in motion. Let’s reflect: What do I really learn from the Altar?
Don Giorgio