Then, with our eyes fixed on the Master, we will hear his voice saying: “I give you a new commandment, that you love one another: that, just as I have loved you, you also may love one another” (John 13, 34). From the Lord we receive the ‘new commandment’ of charity, the greatest proposal!, the highest challenge, the most beautiful adventure. This is God’s most important initiative, because it is an invitation to which we can respond if we cooperate with his overflowing grace.
A few years ago, in conversation with ACI Prensa, the priest and theology professor, Fr. Donato Jiménez, OAR, recalled that during Holy Thursday we must take advantage of the opportunity to reconcile with our neighbors, internalizing Jesus’ teaching on charity. Jiménez also recalled that many people go to the central Eucharist of the day, the Mass of the Lord’s Supper, “by an act of faith”, which is fine, but to which we must add “a heart willing to find meaning.” of love for one’s neighbor.”
What we must not lose sight of: sacramental life
On the other hand, we must not lose sight of the fact that today we simultaneously celebrate that Christ instituted the Sacrament of the Priestly Ordernext to the Sacrament of the Eucharist.