2 April 2026 - Maundy Thursday
Ex 12:1...14; 1 Cor 11:23-26; Jn 13:1-15
Homily
The Old Testament book of Deuteronomy ends with the story of the death of Moses, just before the people of Israel entered the promised land, which Moses himself did not enter. Before he died, Moses recited a long hymn of thanksgiving and pronounced a long blessing over the twelve tribes of Israel. Before that, he wrote the entire text of the Law, which was to be deposited next to the Lord's Ark of the Covenant, which was to accompany the people to the Promised Land. And the account in Deuteronomy says that Moses wrote these articles of the Law ‘to the end’.