Holy Thursday
Despite the ritualization of clerical back patting, the male-only costumed processions, the empty homily focusing primarily on the “anniversary” of the priesthood, the pretentious performance choir, the awkward and nervous ciborium spillage, and the dazzling and distracting presence of a principal celebrant dressed up like Serpentor, even a Holy Thursday liturgy that offends in these ways manages to mediate Holy Mystery because eventually, finally, it gets around to explicitly remembering the story of the executed Friend of the Poor who still comes to us as food.

