This is the day that Christ, the Lamb

This is the day that Christ, the Lamb of God,

gave himself into the hands of those who would slay him.

This is that day that Christ gathered with his disciples in the Upper Room.

This is the day that Christ took a towel and washed his disciples’ feet,

giving us an example that we should do to oth­ers as he has done to us.

This is the day that Christ our God gave us this holy feast,

that we who eat this bread and drink this cup may here proclaim

his holy sacrifice and be partakers of his resur­rection

and at the last day may reign with him in…