Q: Hi Father. Hope your Lent is going well. I have a scheduled communion service on Holy Thursday morning. My question: can we celebrate daily Mass on Holy Thursday. I do not see any GRIM rules against it, but I may not be looking in the right areas.

One additional question. Assuming it is OK for daily Mass on Holy Thursday, would the readings come from the Chrism Mass? I do not see anything pertaining to “daily Mass” readings – thus my question.

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A: Open the Roman Missal to Thursday of the Lord’s Supper, and read numbers 3 and 4.

Only the bishop may approve another Mass on Holy Thursday, and you’d need a very good reason to have one.

A communion service is forbidden on Holy Thursday. However, you may bring communion to the sick.

For more, see my book Glory in the Cross.

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