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Thursday, March 20, 2008, Holy Thursday
Exodus 12:1-8, 11-14, 1 Corinthians 11:23-26, Psalm 116, John 13:1-15
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FREE LOVE
"As I have done, so you must do." —John 13:15
The night before He died, the Lord instituted the way He would remain with
us forever. He could have remained with us in awesome majesty, in fire and
cloud, as He did with the Israelites (Ex 19:16ff; 40:34-38). Instead,
Jesus set aside His majesty and humbled Himself (Phil 2:6-8). He decided
to remain with us in His eucharistic body and blood.
Jesus' Last Supper took place on the eve of the Jewish feast of Passover.
The first Passover brought freedom from physical slavery and from the
tyranny of Pharoah (Ex 12:39ff). The New Passover (1 Cor 5:7), the Holy
Sacrifice of the Mass, brings freedom from slavery to sin, and from the
tyranny of Satan and his kingdom of darkness. We are free from sin and
free for loving one another. Once freed from sin, we are free to put
ourselves aside and concentrate on others, to lay down our lives for our
brothers and sisters in Christ (1 Jn 3:16).
Because we're not used to this, Jesus gave us an example. He washed the
feet of his beloved disciples (Jn 13:5). Washing feet was the duty of a
slave. Though Jesus was free, His amazing love for us led Him to make
Himself a slave (Phil 2:7). In Baptism, Jesus has set us free (Jn 8:36).
Though we are free, in imitation of Jesus we freely decide to make
ourselves the servants and even slaves of others.
Receive the body and blood of Jesus often at Mass, even daily if at all
possible. Receive free love. Then go forth to love and serve the Lord and
His beloved people.
Prayer: "Sweet Sacrament, we Thee adore. O make us love Thee more and
more."
Promise: "This is My body, which is for you." —1 Cor 11:24
Praise: All honor and glory to You, Eucharistic Savior, for giving Your
all for the sake of love!
(This teaching was submitted by a member of our editorial team.)
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February 1, 2008 through March 31, 2008
†Reverend Joseph R. Binzer, Vicar General Archdiocese of Cincinnati,
August 14, 2007
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