For those who follow the calendar of the Western wing of the Christian Church, today is Holy Thursday, or Maundy Thursday.
“Maundy” is from the word mandatum, the first word in the Latin version of Jesus’s statement: “A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another; even as I have loved you…”
This imperative of Jesus is the conclusion, or his call for response to the “lesson” he had just given the disciples. To read more go here
March 20, 2008
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