|
| |
| | Maundy Thursday - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia |
 | | In the Philippines, a popular Maundy Thursday tradition is the Visita Iglesia (Church Visit), which involves visiting several Churches at which the faithful commemorate the vigil that the Apostles kept while Jesus prayed in the Garden of Gethsemane. | | | The last Mass before Easter is also celebrated on Maundy Thursday, usually including a reenactment of the Washing of the Feet of the Apostles; this Mass is followed by the procession of the Blessed Sacrament before it is taken to the Altar of Repose. | | | In the Christian calendar, Maundy Thursday, also known as Holy Thursday, is the Thursday before Easter, the day on which the Last Supper is said to have occurred. |
|
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maundy_Thursday
(398 words)
|
|
| |
| | Maundy Thursday - Hutchinson encyclopedia article about Maundy Thursday |
| | In some churches, on the evening of Maundy Thursday, a special Eucharist (Mass, Holy Communion) will be celebrated, during which the priest will wash the feet of 12 people, representing the disciples. | | | The ceremony of washing the feet of pilgrims on that day was instituted in commemoration of Jesus' washing of the apostles' feet and observed from the 4th century to 1754. | | | The name Maundy (‘commandment’) refers to the instruction to love one another given by Jesus to his disciples at the Last Supper (John 13–34). |
|
http://encyclopedia.farlex.com/Maundy+Thursday
(292 words)
|
|
| |
| | Maundy Thursday |
| | By the fourth century it was a feast of the Jerusalem church, and in the sixth century in Gaul it was observed as Natalis Calicis ("Birthday of the Chalice"). | | | Maundy Thursday or Holy Thursday, is the Thursday before Easter Sunday, observed by Christians in commemoration of Christ's Last Supper (see Eucharist). | | | Observed in the Roman Catholic Church, Maundy Thursday appears on the Lutheran, Anglican, and many Reformed liturgical calendars and is almost universally celebrated with the Lord's Supper. |
|
http://mb-soft.com/believe/txw/maundy.htm
(372 words)
|
|
| |
| | What is Maundy Thursday? |
| | Maundy Thursday is the name given to the day on which Jesus celebrated the Passover with his disciples, known as the Last Supper. | | | The word “Maundy” is derived from the Latin word for “command.” The “Maundy” in Maundy Thursday refers to the command Jesus gave to the disciples at the Last Supper, that they should love and serve one another. | | | Some Christian churches observe a foot-washing ceremony on Maundy Thursday to commemorate Jesus washing the feet of the disciples. |
|
http://www.gotquestions.org/Maundy-Thursday.html
(230 words)
|
|
| |
| | CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: Maundy Thursday (Holy Thursday) |
| | The feast of Maundy (or Holy) Thursday solemnly commemorates the institution of the Eucharist and is the oldest of the observances peculiar to Holy Week. | | | Holy Thursday could not but be a day of liturgical reunion since, in the cycle of movable feasts, it brings around the anniversary of the institution of the Liturgy. | | | In the fifth century the custom was established of consecrating on Holy Thursday all the chrism necessary for the anointing of the newly baptized. |
|
http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10068a.htm
(646 words)
|
|
| |
| | Holy Thursday: All About Maundy Thursday |
| | Maundy Thursday, known officially in the Catholic Church as Holy Thursday, is the Thursday of Holy Week. | | | After the Maundy Thursday evening Mass the altars are stripped, the holy water stoups are emptied, and the Blessed Sacrament is carried through the church in procession to a place of reposition. | | | Various traditions and customs are associated with Maundy Thursday, including the reciting of the creed by Catechumens from memory, the washing of feet, reconciliation of penitents, and the consecration of holy oil (chrism). |
|
http://www.churchyear.net/holythursday.html
(708 words)
|
|
| |
| | ...it's Traditional : Maundy Thursday |
| | Maundy Thursday has been celebrated since the earliest days of the Christian church, and the feet of pilgrims were washed by the clergy and nobility from at least the 4th century up until 1754. | | | This is a reference to Christ's commandment to love one another, made at the Last Supper (the day before the crucifixion) when Jesus washed His disciples' feet. | | | It is the day before Good Friday and so is a moveable feast - in 2000 Maundy Thursday falls on 20th April. |
|
http://www.geocities.com/traditions_uk/maundy.html
(531 words)
|
|
| |
| | BBC - Religion & Ethics - Maundy Thursday |
| | In Roman Catholic churches, Maundy Thursday is the day on which the supply of anointing oil to be used in ceremonies during the year is "consecrated". | | | The night of Maundy Thursday is the night on which Jesus was betrayed by Judas in the Garden of Gethsemane. | | | It was common in monasteries throughout history for the Abbot to wash the feet of the monks in a similar gesture. |
|
http://www.bbc.co.uk/religion/religions/christianity/holydays/maundythursday.shtml
(392 words)
|
|
| |
| | Maundy Thursday |
| | The feast of Maundy (or Holy) Thursday solemnly commemorates the institution of the Eucharist and is the... | | | Maundy Thursday/Grü:ndonnerstag commemorates Jesus' last supper with his disciples and the... | | | In the Roman Catholic Church, Maundy Thursday is a general communion day... |
|
http://www.inneans.com/festivals/Maundy-Thursday.html
(608 words)
|
|
| |
| | MAUNDY THURSDAY - LoveToKnow Article on MAUNDY THURSDAY |
| | It is on Maundy Thursday that in the Church of Rome the sacred ojl is blessed, and the chrism prepared according to an elaborate ritual which is given in the Pontificate. | | | mandatum, commandment, in allusion to Christs words: A new commandment give I unto you, after he had washed the disciples feet at the Last Supper), the Thursday before Easter. |
|
http://www.1911ency.org/M/MA/MAUNDY_THURSDAY.htm
(1804 words)
|
|
| |
| | Maundy Thursday (Eastern Christian Churches) - Grateful Living Calendar |
| | On Maundy Thursday, Jesus washed the feet of his disciples and said, “The greatest of you should be the servant of all.” Whether or not we are Christians, we may be grateful for so challenging a vision. | | | According to The Catholic Encyclopedia's entry on Maundy Thursday: "The feast of Maundy (or Holy) Thursday solemnly commemorates the institution of the Eucharist and is the oldest of the observances peculiar to Holy Week. | | | In Rome...Holy Thursday was taken up with a succession of ceremonies of a joyful character: the baptism of neophytes, the reconciliation of penitents, the consecration of the holy oils, the washing of the feet, and commemoration of the Blessed Eucharist." |
|
http://www.gratefulness.org/calendar/detail.cfm?id=17&d=all
(128 words)
|
|
| |
| | Definitions: Maundy Thursday |
| | In some churches priests carry out a ceremonial washing of the feet of twelve men on Maundy Thursday as a commemoration of Christ's act. | | | It was the day on which Jesus celebrated the Passover with his disciples, sharing a meal with them which we call the Last Supper. | | | It refers to the command given by Jesus at the Last Supper, that his disciples should love one another. |
|
http://www.thisischurch.com/christianinfo/maundythursday.htm
(292 words)
|
|
| |
| | Maundy Thursday and "Holy Week" |
| | The word “Maundy” is generally thought to refer to the word “commandment” in Jesus’ command for his disciples to love each other. | | | The idea in “Maundy” is based on the command Jesus gave his disciples at the last evening meal of his earthly ministry, “A new command I give you: Love one another. | | | Thursday: Jesus has his last meal during his earthly ministry with the disciples. |
|
http://www.wcg.org/lit/church/holidays/maundy.htm
(2667 words)
|
|
| |
| | Holy / Maundy Thursday |
| | Maundy Thursday liturgy from The Church of England in An Anglican Liturgical Library. | | | Prayers of the People, Maundy Thursday, General intercessions for Sundays and Feasts, by Ormonde Plater, Archdeacon of the [Anglican/Episcopal] Diocese of Louisiana. | | | Maundy Thursday Liturgy, Seekers Church, Washington D.C. Worship Resources, Maundy Thursday, John Paarlberg, Reformed Church in America. |
|
http://www.textweek.com/festivals/thursday.htm
(1150 words)
|
|
| |
| | Maundy Thursday |
| | Nevertheless, in some places Maundy Thursday still serves as a day on which to wash altar cloths and clean the church in preparation for Easter. | | | In the absence of the bells the beginning and ending of religious services and devotions were announced by the sounding of a wooden clapperboard, an ancient device used in churches before the introduction of bells in the fifth century. | | | Shortly thereafter, Jesus was arrested by a band of armed men, led to the Garden of Gethsemane by Jesus’ disciple Judas, who identified Jesus to the mob by kissing him on the cheek. |
|
http://www.spiritrestoration.org/Church/Holidays/Maundy_Thursday.htm
(3190 words)
|
|
| |
| | The Days of Holy Week |
| | Increasingly, churches are observing some form of the Passover Seder as a setting for the Eucharist of Maundy Thursday (see Introduction to a Christian Seder and Haggadah for a Christian Seder). | | | Some traditions, however, use red for Maundy Thursday, the color of the church, in order to identify with the community of disciples that followed Jesus. | | | According to the Fourth Gospel, as Jesus and the Disciples were eating their final meal together before Jesus’ arrest, he washed the disciples' feet to illustrate humility and the spirit of servanthood. |
|
http://www.cresourcei.org/cyholyweek.html
(2720 words)
|
|
| |
| | yaledailynews.com - Maundy Thursday to kick off the weekend? |
| | Maundy Thursday, of course, commemorates Jesus' last supper, the feast of Passover with his disciples. | | | On the very first Maundy Thursday, according to the Gospel according to John, Jesus washed all of his disciples' feet naked. | | | More importantly, Maundy Thursday is the beginning of the holy days leading up to Christian Easter. |
|
http://www.yaledailynews.com/article.asp?AID=25693
(808 words)
|
|
| |
| | Emmanuel Lutheran Church: Liturgical Calendar - Lent: Maundy Thursday |
| | Maundy Thursday (or Holy Thursday) is the day that we remember the Last Supper. | | | "Maundy" comes from the French word, "Mande," meaning "command" or "mandate", and has reference to the washing of the Apostles' feet by Christ on Thursday evening before His death, and the institution of the "Eucharist" (Lord's Supper, Last Supper, the Mass, Holy Communion). | | | In the fourth century up to around 1754, a foot-washing ceremony was traditionally practiced by washing the feet of the poor and partaking of the "Mass" (Eucharist, Lord's Supper, Last Supper, Holy Communion). |
|
http://www.emmanuellutheran.org/lit-calendar/maundy-thursday.html
(375 words)
|
|
| |
| | Maundy Money |
| | The dates of the different denominations could have been mixed as part of the donations to the poor, but since the penny was issued more frequently than the other three denominations it is probable that the penny was the preferred denomination in the early Maundy ceremonies. | | | The day before Good Friday, according to the Christian calendar, is referred to by numerous names including Holy Thursday and Maundy Thursday. | | | This does not necessarily imply that similar complete denominational sequences were used in all subsequent Maundy ceremonies. |
|
http://www.ucalgary.ca/~cns/maundy.html
(1254 words)
|
|
| |
| | Maundy Thursday |
| | The night of Maundy Thursday is the night on which Jesus was betrayed by Judas in the Garden of Gethsemane. | | | It is one of the lesser known days of the Christian calendar and, were it not for the Maundy Ceremony, would probably have fallen into disuse altogether. | | | The Last Supper was probably a Passover meal – the meal which Jewish people share together to celebrate the time when God delivered Moses and the people from slavery in Egypt. |
|
http://www.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/customs/easter/maundythursday.htm
(618 words)
|
|
| |
| | The Other Holy Day - Christian History |
| | The day they received the command to love, had their feet washed by a king, and first understood the link between the Passover sacrifice, Christ, and the bread of life, shouldn't be missed by any of us, even if the calendar shows a blank square. | | | Few calendars label it, and some churches don't observe it at all, though it may be the oldest of the Holy Week observances. | | | Protestant churches that do observe Maundy Thursday may offer a dramatic re-enactment of the Last Supper or another special Communion service. |
|
http://www.christianitytoday.com/history/newsletter/2002/mar22.html
(718 words)
|
|
| |
| | Maundy Thursday Reviews |
| | As a layperson Mauriac writes his reflections on what Holy Thursday personally means to him evidently after years of reflection on this holy time of year. | | | I would recommend it to anyone who seeks a deeper understanding of exactly what Holy Thursday is. Keep in mind it comes to us from a man who understood the spiritual and mental trials of being in this world, yet not of it. | | | At a quick glance the reader expects to find the all to banal character of most devotional books about holy days, which tend to focus too much on liturgical rites and their symbolism. |
|
http://www.holiday-book-reviews.com/Maundy_Thursday
(755 words)
|
|
| |
| | Maundy Money an Easter Tradition - Coin Collecting |
| | Steeped in religion, tradition and history, the Maundy Sets are one of the most collectible and scarce numismatic treasures. | | | The Bible tells us Christ washed the feet of His disciples before the Last Supper as a sign of His humility. | | | Our churches celebrate the Last Supper, Christ’s death on the cross, and His resurrection, but very few people, except our British readers, know about Maundy Thursday. |
|
http://www.bellaonline.com/ArticlesP/art29970.asp
(664 words)
|
|
| |
| | Maundy Thursday |
| | The Catholic Church on Thursday remembers the Last Supper by Jesus Christ and the Apostles, when the sacrament of the Holy Eucharist, together with that of Holy Orders, was established. | | | Meanwhile, Pope John Paul II has urged priests to give their lives entirely to God's people in a message on the occasion of Maundy Thursday. | | | On Thursday morning, Archbishop Joseph Mercieca celebrated a mass at St. John's Co-Cathedral in Valletta during which he will bless the holy oils used in Baptism, Confirmation, Holy Orders and Anointing of the Sick. |
|
http://www.di-ve.com/dive/portal/portal.jhtml?id=131768&pid=1
(511 words)
|
|
| |
| | Maundy Thursday : Day of Jupiter |
| | On Maundy Thursday evening a holy stillness descends, and all the clamour of the first half of the week passes into silence. | | | Thursday of Holy Week; the day Christ instituted the Eucharist. | | | I don't recall this potentially ugly consequence being spoken of in the Christian Community; do you know of this being referred to elsewhere? |
|
http://www.uncletaz.com/at/aprmay04/maundythurdayjup.html
(2063 words)
|
|
| |
| | Maundy Thursday |
| | the Thursday of Holy Week, commemorating Jesus' Last Supper and His washing of the disciples' feet upon that day. |
|
http://www.infoplease.com/dictionary/Maundy+Thursday
(36 words)
|
|
| |
| | Lenten season - Maundy Thursday |
| | In most European countries, the day is known as Holy Thursday. | | | Some churches observe another medieval custom, which has had a popular revival in the late 20th century -- that of the service of Tenebrae. | | | "Maundy" comes from the Latin word "mandatum", which means "commandment". |
|
http://apmethodist.org/maundythur.htm
(498 words)
|
|
| |
| | Group: maundy thursday-the last gift |
| | Maundy (or "holy") Thursday is one of the oldest observances of Holy Week, and it's the birth of the communion service as we know it. | | | This worship service is all about mood-your teenagers will serve a meal to your congregation in silence, then lead them in a celebration of communion. | | | Save a personal copy of this article and quickly find it again with Furl.net. |
|
http://www.findarticles.com/p/articles/mi_qa3835/is_200503/ai_n12933590
(1511 words)
|
|
| |
| | Maundy Thursday -- Encyclopædia Britannica |
| | a religious rite practiced by the hierarchy of the Roman Catholic church on Maundy Thursday of Holy Week (preceding Easter) and by members of some other Christian denominations in their worship services. | | | also called Holy Thursday the Thursday before Easter, observed in commemoration of Jesus Christ's institution of the Eucharist. | | | the Thursday before Easter, observed in commemoration of Jesus Christ's institution of the Eucharist. |
|
http://www.britannica.com/eb/article-9051490
(798 words)
|
|
| |
| | Maundy Thursday |
| | Since it was on this night that Jesus instituted the Lord's Supper, that sacred meal has often been the chief emphasis of Maundy Thursday. | | | The name "maundy" comes from the words of Jesus, "Mandatum novum" ("a new (fresh) command" John 13:34) | | | This symbolizes Christ's being stripped by the Roman soldiers prior to His crucifixion |
|
http://web2.airmail.net/dpelc/maundy_thursday.htm
(106 words)
|
|
| |
| | Maundy Thursday, Sheer Thursday, or Holy Thursday |
| | aundy Thursday is the night of the final meal that Jesus had with his disciples. | | | By this shall all men know that you are my disciples, if you have love one for another. | | | n the Christian calendar, Maundy Thursday, Sheer Thursday, or Holy Thursday, the Thursday before Easter. |
|
http://www.marypages.com/MaundyThursday.htm
(645 words)
|
|
| |
| | Maundy Thursday |
| | Maundy Thursday, the day before Jesus' suffering and death, is traditionally the day we remember that last meal that Jesus ate with his friends before he died. | | | In our celebration we are following the instructions Jesus gave that night — "Do this in memory of me." |
|
http://www.stdunstan.net/sermons/maundy.html
(1148 words)
|
|
| |
| | Weird Words: Maundy |
| | This day commemorates the Last Supper, in which, after the ceremony of washing their feet, Jesus gave a new commandment to his disciples that they should love one another. | | | These days, the monarch no longer ceremonially washes the feet of the poor—the last one to do so was James II—but this, and not the giving of money, is the origin of the strange word Maundy, which never appears anywhere except in reference to the Thursday before Easter. | | | As a result, the ceremony became known as mandatum. |
|
http://www.worldwidewords.org/weirdwords/ww-mau1.htm
(173 words)
|
|
| |
| | MAUNDY THURSDAY or The Last Supper |
| | The example Jesus set in washing the feet of His disciples is sometimes still done today on Maundy Thursday before the Passover supper. | | | When Jesus and His disciples ate the "Last Supper" it was on the first night of the Passover festival, or during the Seder Meal. | | | The word Maundy comes from the latin word maundatum which means "command". |
|
http://www.rainbowcastle.org/maundyth.html
(1705 words)
|
|
| |
| | Maundy Thursday Service |
| | Through the liturgy of Maundy Thursday (from the Latin mandate meaning "command") we celebrate the Lord's twofold command: "Love one another," symbolized in the rite of the washing of feet (optional); and "Do this," realized in our celebration of the Euchrist. | | | Please call the church office at 570-9800 in the week before Easter for details. | | | We serve our Lord as we serve each other; we recognize our Lord in breaking of bread. |
|
http://www.bethellutheran.net/yourti11727.html
(190 words)
|
|
| |
| | MAUNDY THURSDAY |
| | Maundy Thursday/Grü:ndonnerstag commemorates Jesus' last supper with his disciples and the institution of the Lord's Supper. | | | Parsival is the naive young man, who fulfills the prophesy that a "guileless fool" who returns the sacred spear--the weapon used to wound Christ--to the brotherhood of the Holy Grail. | | | Holy Thursday is called Maundy Thursday from the old Latin name for the day, "Dies Mandatum," i.e. |
|
http://www.serve.com/shea/germusa/maundy1.htm
(487 words)
|
|
| |
| | ABC33: Thursday of Holy Week (Maundy Thursday) - Lectionary [LivingWeb] |
| | In Lutheran Book of Worship (1978) and in Rejoice in the Lord (Reformed Church in America) and elsewhere. | | | We, like the disciples with whom He pleads to remain, watch and pray. | | | We leave the church unaccompanied by music or benediction or blessing. |
|
http://www.livingweb.com/lectionary/abc/33
(296 words)
|
|
| |
| | Lent & Easter - Maundy Thursday |
| | Maundy Thursday is the day when Jesus had his last meal with his disciples, was arrested in the Garden of Gethsemane, and put on trial through the night. | | | The word 'Maundy' comes from the latin word 'Mandatum' meaning commandment and Christians remember Jesus' famous commandment to his disciples to "Love one another as I have loved you." John 15:12 | | | Other Christian groups such as the Salvation Army and the Quakers do not have the ceremony at all. |
|
http://www.woodford.redbridge.sch.uk/rs/year7/lentmaundy.html
(295 words)
|
|
| |
| | Thursday |
| | Biblical accounts have it that the "Last Supper" was on a Thursday, and it was at this meal that Christ gave the "mandate" to his disciples to "love one another". | | | Although it has been celebrated since 1621, it was not made an official holiday until 1863 when President Abraham Lincoln recommended the feast day to Congress. | | | The word Maundy is a corruption of the Latin word "mandate". |
|
http://www.indepthinfo.com/weekdays/thursday.shtml
(252 words)
|
|
| |
| | Neil's Smaller World - Maundy Thursday |
| | March 24, 2005 11:06 AM BBC Religion and Ethics - Maundy Thursday. | | | No trackback pings received for this entry yet, but you may find some other sites referring to this entry at Technorati or Google. |
|
http://www.neilturner.me.uk/smaller/2005/03/maundy_thursday.html
(70 words)
|
|
| |
| | Upper Room Ask Julian |
| | The Christian church observes Maundy Thursday as the commemoration of the sacrament of Holy Communion and, in some traditions, the footwashing. | | | The name "Maundy" is an adaptation of the Latin, mandatum novum, the first sung response of the traditional ceremony for the washing of the feet. | | | I know we celebrate the Last Supper, but where does "maundy" come from and what does it mean? |
|
http://www.upperroom.org/askjulian?act=answer&itemid=77023
(180 words)
|
|
| |
| | Missal Propers: Maundy Thursday |
| | First shall be sung in the customary manner the Gospel Now before the feast of the Passover, as in the Mass above. | | | § The Altars being laid bare, at a convenient time the signal is given with a wooden instrument, and the Clergy shall come together to perform the MAUNDY. | | | They parted my garments among them: and cast lots upon my vesture, and the whole of the Psalm My God, my God, look upon me, as at Matins for Good Friday (sung as "Tenebrae" this evening). |
|
http://societies.anglican.org/anglocatholic/anglicanmissal/maundy.htm
(2963 words)
|
|
| |
| | Bill Carroll's Blog: Maundy Thursday |
| | I've posted it before, but these are my thoughts on the Maundy Thursday Gospel. | | | Frequently on Maundy Thursday, we focus on Peter and his reluctance to let the Lord wash his feet. | | | On the night before he died for us, Our Lord became a servant and washed his disciples’ feet. |
|
http://www.everyvoice.net/blogs/bill/archives/000429.html
(841 words)
|
|
| |
| | Wordsmyth |
| | the Thursday before Easter, commemorating the Last Supper and Jesus Christ's washing of the disciples' feet. | | | If you register now this message and color will disappear, and ensure that you won't miss any of the unique Wordsmyth features you've come to enjoy. |
|
http://wordsmyth.net/live/home.php?script=search&matchent=Maundy+Thursday&...
(84 words)
|
|
| |
| | Maundy Thursday - Christianity Today Magazine |
| | And so it was that two commands of our Lord, delivered on Maundy Thursday, the night before he died, were twined into one for me. "Do this," he said of his Holy Supper, "in remembrance of me"-and in so doing his death and his presence would be proclaimed to all the world. | | | My mother did it; she ate and drank; and as her faith received her Savior truly, she bore the Lord in my direction, and I met him in her. | | | A boy can grin as silently as the sky. |
|
http://www.christianitytoday.com/ct/2000/116/42.0.html
(1968 words)
|
|
| |
| | Maundy Thursday in Jerusalem |
| | Already in the fourth century we have description of the Holy Week celebrations, and especially the liturgies of the three days from Maundy Thursday to Easter Morning as an ongoing celebration of what was later called "triduum sanctum" -- the three holy days. | | | Visiting pilgrims participated and when they returned home the Jerusalem liturgy was imitated. | | | [West Bank, Palestine] We observed Maundy Thursday in Holy Week an an ecumenical service at Lutheran Church of the Redeemer in Jerusalem. |
|
http://www.bobmay.info/mar282002maundythurs.htm
(354 words)
|
|
| |
| | Germany Info: Culture & Life: Life: Recipes |
| | In Christian tradition, the Thursday before Easter is the day on which Christ held the Last Supper and was later betrayed. | | | However in this case, grün, or green, is a modern day corruption of an old, medieval word, greinen, which means to cry. | | | The Thursday before Easter is often called Gründonnerstag in Germany. |
|
http://www.germany.info/relaunch/culture/life/mtsoup.html
(191 words)
|
|
| |
| | Order of Worship March 25, 2005 Maundy Thursday |
| | Tonight we gather to celebrate the last supper which Jesus had with his disciples before his arrest and crucifixion. | | | The name “Maundy Thursday” comes from the Latin word “mandatum” which means “commandment,” as Jesus gave us all a new commandment on that night that people should love one another even as Christ loves them (John 13:34-35). | | | We will remember this new ritual, which is our Sacrament of the Lord’s Supper, by our communion service, and then we will remember the darkness of that night by the extinguishing of lights, or “Tenebrae,” as we hear the story from scripture of Jesus’ last hours. |
|
http://www.fccog.org/2005orderofworship/orderofworship050324maundythursday.htm
(972 words)
|
|
| |
| | Sunday of Lesley: Maundy Thursday |
| | Because - I've said it before and I'll say it again - strange things seem to happen at the Maundy Thursday service. | | | Maundy Thursday is one of my favorite days of the year, and my most-favorite church service (even beating out Christmas Eve). | | | One of my favorite memories is the first service we had in the small dome; the dome wasn't even completely built and the wind blew in through the plastic-covered window holes! |
|
http://www.wheland.net/mt/archives/000065.html
(362 words)
|
|
| |
| | Maundy Thursday |
| | It is believed that the word Maundy comes from the phrase Mandatum novum do vobis, the foot washing ritual performed by the Pope in Rome. | | | In New England tradition, women from neighboring churches would gather together to pray and prepare the bread to be used at services on Maundy Thursday. | | | Mix 1 cup All-Bran cereal and 3/4 cup shortening, 3/4 cup sugar and 1 tsp. |
|
http://members.aol.com/acalendar/April/greenthurs.html
(184 words)
|
|
|
