Maundy Thursday (Year C)

First Reading - Genesis 14.18-20a

A reading from the book of Genesis. King Melchizedek of Salem was a priest of God Most High. And he brought out bread, and wine. And he blessed Abram, saying, ‘Blessed be Abram, by God Most High, the maker of heaven and earth. And blessed be God Most High, who has delivered you from the hands of your enemies.’ This is the word of the Lord.

Second Reading - 1 Corinthians 11.23-26

A reading from the first letter of Paul to the Corinthians. The teaching I received from the Lord is the teaching I pass on to you: that the Lord Jesus, on the night he was betrayed, took bread; and when he had given thanks, he broke it, and said, ‘This is my body, which is given for you; do this in remembrance of me.’ In the same way, after they had eaten, he took the cup, and said, ‘This cup is the new covenant in my blood; do this, whenever you drink it, in remembrance of me.’ So whenever you eat this bread, and drink this cup, you proclaim the Lord’s death, until he comes. This is the word of the Lord.

Gospel - John 6.22-35

Hear the Gospel of our Lord Jesus Christ according to John. Some from the crowd stayed overnight, at the lakeside, at the place where Jesus had given thanks over the bread, and the whole crowd had eaten. In the morning, when they realised that both Jesus and the disciples had left, they went by boat to Capernaum, to look for Jesus there. When they found Jesus, they asked him, ‘Teacher, when did you come here?’ Jesus said, ‘You have come to find me, not because you understood the meaning of the sign that you witnessed, but because you ate your fill of bread! Do not work for the food that perishes, but work for the food that endures for eternal life - the food that the Son of Man will give you; for it is on the Son of Man that God the Father has set his seal.’ They said to him, ‘What must we do to be doing the work of God?’ Jesus said, ‘This is the work of God: that you believe in the one that God has sent.’ So they said to him, ‘What sign are you going to give us, so that we may see it, and believe in you? Our ancestors ate manna in the wilderness; it says, “He gave them bread from heaven to eat.”’ Jesus said to them, ‘It was not Moses who gave you the bread from heaven; it is my Father who gives you the true bread from heaven - the bread of God that comes down from heaven and gives life to the world.’ They said to him, ‘Sir, give us this bread always.’ Jesus said to them, ‘I am the bread of life. Whoever comes to me will never be hungry, and whoever believes in me will never be thirsty.’ This is the Gospel of the Lord.
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