Holy Thursday of the Lord's Supper

• Ritual Masses including Funeral Masses are not permitted.  
• Lent ends with the beginning of the Mass of the Lord's Supper on the evening of Holy Thursday—the only Mass permitted on this day. All Masses without an assembly are forbidden. 
• The altar may be decorated with flowers (Holy Thursday, 5). 
• The oils blessed and consecrated at the Chrism Mass may be carried into the church before the celebration of the Mass (Roman Missal, Chrism Mass, no. 15). 
• The Gloria is said. While being sung, bells are rung, and when finished, they remain silent until the Gloria of the Easter Vigil (Holy Thursday, 7). 
• The celebration of the washing of feet may take place. If the priest chooses the optional foot washing, “it is for [him] to choose a small group of persons who are representative of the entire people of God— lay, ordained ministers, married, single, religious, healthy, sick, children, young people and the elderly—and not just one category or condition” (CDWDS letter of January 6, 2016). The washing of the feet should be celebrated in a way that allows for people to participate visually. After the washing of the feet, the priest returns to his chair, and from there directs the Universal Prayer. The Creed is not said (Holy Thursday, 13). 
• The renewal of priestly commitment from the Chrism Mass is not to be used at the Mass of the Lord's Supper. 
• At the Offertory, gifts for the poor may be presented in procession with the bread and wine (Holy Thursday, 14). Enough bread should be consecrated at this Mass for the liturgy of Good Friday as well. The Roman Canon (Eucharistic Prayer I) includes special inserts. At an appropriate moment during Communion, the priest may entrust the Eucharist from the altar to a deacon, acolyte, or extraordinary minister, so that it may be brought to the sick who are to receive Holy Communion at home (Holy Thursday, 33). The Prayer after Communion is said by the priest standing at the chair (Holy Thursday, 35).
• There is no Concluding Rite with the usual greeting, blessing and dismissal.
• Following the Prayer after Communion, the Holy Eucharist is transferred in a ciborium to the place of reposition. 
• The altar of repose may be:
  • 1) outside the sanctuary in another part of the church (e.g. side altar), 
  • 2) in a chapel suitably decorated (e.g. the adoration chapel), or 
  • 3) in a place set up in such a way as to be conducing to prayer and meditation (e.g. outside of the church in a hall). The place of reposition should be simply decorated. Under no circumstances is the Blessed Sacrament to be exposed in a monstrance. In addition, under no circumstances is it permitted to reserve the Precious Blood for adoration on Holy Thursday and for distribution on Good Friday (Norms no.,30).
• In the order of procession for the transfer of the Blessed Sacrament to the place of reposition, a minister carrying the processional cross is followed by two others with lighted candles. A minister carrying a smoking censer precedes the priest carrying the Blessed Sacrament (Holy Thursday, 38). 
• The faithful should be encouraged to spend some time in adoration throughout the remainder of the evening. During the time of adoration, readers may proclaim biblical passages, such as the farewell discourse from the Gospel according to John, chapters 14-17. A minister may also lead Night Prayer or some other appropriate prayer. Hymns may be sung, and silence may be kept. 
• After the Mass, holy water stoups are emptied, the altar is stripped, and the sanctuary is cleared of flowers and adornments. The crosses may be covered in red or violet for Good Friday (Holy Thursday, 41). Votive candles should not be lit before images of the saints (Circular Letter no., 57).