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Liturgical Theology: Covenant Thursday
Introduction to Covenant Thursday
- Events of the Day
- Readings of the Day
- Name - Covenant Thursday vs. Great Thursday vs. Maundy Thursday
Matins
- Rites of Matins
- Brief History of Matins
- Judas Procession
3rd, 6th, 9th Hours - Preparing for the Passover
Liturgy of the Waters
Rite/History
- Rite of Laqqan (we discussed in Theophany)
Washing the Feet
- Sacrament/Mystery (Repentance & Confession)
- Spiritual Meaning
- See "Wash the feet" Lev Gillet
- "Do as I have done"
Liturgy of the Eucharist
Rite/History
- Rite of the Liturgy of the Eucharist
Passover and the Eucharist
The New Covenant
- “Behold, the days are coming, says the Lord, when I will make a new covenant with the house of Israel and with the house of Judah – not according to the covenant that I made with their fathers in the day that I took them by the hand to lead them out of the land of Egypt, My covenant which they broke, though I was a husband to them, says the Lord. But this is the covenant that I will make with the house of Israel after those days, says the Lord: I will put My law in their minds, and write it on their hearts; and I will be their God, and they shall be My people. No more shall every man teach his neighbor, and every man his brother, saying, ‘Know the Lord,’ for they all shall know Me, from the least of them to the greatest of them, says the Lord. For I will forgive their iniquity, and their sin I will remember no more.” (Jeremiah 31:31-34)
- INTERPRETATION OF THESE VERSES
- So what is the Old Covenant?
- "grace for grace"
- St John Chrysostom (Homily 14 on Gospel of John)
Matins11th Hour
Rites of Matins
Brief History of Matins
Judas Procession
3rd, 6th, 9th Hours - Preparing for the Passover
Liturgy of the Waters
Rite of Laqqan (we discussed in Theophany)
Liturgy of the Eucharist
Rite of the Liturgy of the Eucharist
11th Hour of Covenant Thursday
Regular Pascha Rite, but duringDuring Communion with the veil shut- Judas did NOT receive the Eucharist
