Thursday — The Holy Eucharist
*In hoc Sacramento.* The day of the Last Supper. The day for adoration, reparation, and prayer for priests.
Pridie quam pateretur — on the night before he suffered. The Eucharist is not a memorial of an absence; it is a Presence. The same Body broken and Blood poured out on Calvary is given in every Mass, by the hands of every priest, in every tabernacle where the lamp still burns. Thursday is the night of the Last Supper, of Gethsemane's non potuistis una hora vigilare mecum — could you not watch one hour with me? The Church responds with adoration, with reparation for the world's indifference, and with prayer for those whom Christ has bound to himself in the priesthood.
Today
A ten-minute Thursday guide — the O Salutaris, a reading on the Real Presence, the Adoro Te Devote of St. Thomas, a Spiritual Communion, the Divine Praises, a prayer for priests, and the Anima Christi.
Go Deeper
For a longer Thursday — a full Holy Hour, the Litany of the Blessed Sacrament, the great Eucharistic hymns of Aquinas, and a visit to the Blessed Sacrament.