Holy Thursday Mass Feet Washing. Holy Thursday was one of the most important days in all of history. However at least from the seventeenth century there were also customs in some places of washing the feet of the poor on Holy Thursday and with the Holy Week reforms of Pope Pius XII it took on a more public role in the evening Mass of that day.
From the Mass of the Lords Supper on Holy Thursday to Evening Prayer on Easter Sunday. It was a tradition to wash the feet of 12 men on Holy Thursday but it was not always included in the Mass. 2 The devil had already induced Judas son of Simon the Iscariot to hand him over.
The assembly and choir can enter on the Refrain.
2 The devil had already induced Judas son of Simon the Iscariot to hand him over. Holy Thursday mass on April 14 at the Church of Divine Mercy. One of the signature parts of the liturgy during holy week is the traditional feet washing on holy thursday. From the Mass of the Lords Supper on Holy Thursday to Evening Prayer on Easter Sunday.
