The community gathers together for a joyful meal to celebrate the institution of the Eucharist and the holy PriesthoodThe altar is prepared for a Solemn High Mass on this day when the Eucharist was instituted by Our Lord Jesus ChristThe priest receives incense before the Kyrie. At the intonation of the Gloria after the Kyrie, the organ plays and the bells are rung, until they both fall silent until the Easter VigilThe sisters sing the propers of the MassThe chanting of the GospelAll kneel at the "Et Verbum caro factum est" during the singing of the CreedThe Elevation. One can see that the large painting behind the altar has been veiled in violet since the beginning of Passiontide.The Blessed Sacrament is carried in procession to the altar of repose, which represents Our Lord in the Garden of AgonyThe sisters sing VespersThe priest and ministers strip the church altars while the sisters chant a psalmThe faithful may remain in adoration before Our Lord in the Garden. The Blessed Sacrament is no longer present in the main altar; He is only here at the altar of repose.At least one sister remains constantly in adoration at the altar of repose, so that Our Lord is not left alone in His Agony
