Maundy Thursday with Thomas Whitehead Academy

Maundy Thursday celebrations opened with the Mass of the Lord's Supper with the Key Stage 2 pupils of Thomas Whitehead Academy. The children lead the readings from Scripture and composed the prayers of intercession.
At this service we recalled how Jesus washed the disciples' feet during his last supper with them, and how he left to them the gift of his own very self in the Eucharist.

​Photo Copyright: Thomas Whitehead Church of England Academy

A pdf of the Mass booklet for Candlemas is available here. We keep the traditional format from the Eucharist with prayers (including the Eucharistic Prayer) used at times during usual parish worship. Similarly, the Bible readings are taken from the New Revised Standard Version or the Good News Bible.
We generally do not use “children’s prayers” as such to minimise the differences between school Mass and the Sunday Parish Mass.