Maundy Thursday

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On Maundy Thursday, the Pope washes and kisses the feet of 12 members of the church as a tradition. And, Sheer Thursday refers to the ceremonial washing of altars on the Thursday before Good Friday. The Thursday before Good Friday is observed as Maundy Thursday.

Maundy Thursday is derived from the words of Jesus in the Gospel of John, referring to the "new commandment" he gave his apostles.

This antiphon is taken from the Gospel of John and repeats the words of Jesus to his Apostles. The word Maundy is related to the Latin word, “mandatum,” and is found in the liturgy during the washing of the feet. Maundy Thursday is derived from the words of Jesus in the Gospel of John, referring to the "new commandment" he gave his apostles.

Maundy. The term comes from an old hymn “Mandatum novum do vobis.” Latin for “a new commandment I give you” (John 13:34). And that command?

They will strip him in shame, laugh at him, spit in his face, and once again speak that Satanic Question, “If you be the Son of God.” He will stand before the pagan courts and remind them the only authority they have over him has been given to them from above. Early tomorrow morning, the Lamb of God will be taken to the temple and prepared for slaughter. Tonight will be the night he will hold the weight of the world on his heart and pray “Father if there be any way this cup could pass before me let it be, yet not my will, but yours.” Tonight he will sweat with blood, weep over his lost sheep, battle the serpent one last time. If we were there then: Tonight will be the night he will eat his last Passover meal with his disciples.

Servanthood in the manner of Jesus involves relinquishing private interests in favor of covenant ties to the welfare of the community.

In the Jesus story, the memory coheres with the mandate. It was a form of anointing his disciples to enact a reversal of the world’s understanding of power. The process of conversion, which is a lifetime appointment, is a form of divine photosynthesis: receiving the light of the Beloved’s delight to regenerate the verdant fields of creation’s intention for shared bounty and extravagant endowment. We are freed to wash because we have been washed; to forgive because we have been forgiven; to live graciously because grace is loosening the knots of self-absorbed greed in our own souls. St. Augustine famously said, “We imitate whom we adore.” At the core of our faith, the privilege-abandoning Jesus is the cipher for the self-abandoning character of God’s love, inviting and empowering us to participate in that self-giving nature. The former is easier to measure, manage and, thereby, to control. Throughout Scripture, the indwelling of the Spirit traffics in fleshly affairs. When he finished, Jesus used the occasion for his final instruction: “If I, your Teacher and Lord, have washed your feet, you also ought to wash one another’s feet.” This is Maundy Thursday’s mandate. The season of Jesus’ final visit to Jerusalem was the fevered occasion of Passover. Passover was the story of the Hebrews’ miraculous escape from Egyptian bondage. The word “hosanna” isn’t merely a pious expression. “Hosanna,” cried the people lining the parade route. Acts of terrorist assassination escalated during the Passover observance.

Prince Charles and Camilla will take the Queen's place for today's Royal Maundy service at St George's Chapel, Windsor.

The white purse is filled with uniquely minted Maundy money – silver 10p and 3p pieces – to the value of 96 pence. On four occasions a member of the royal family has stood in for the Queen at the Royal Maundy service, the last time was in 1970 when the Queen Mother distributed the Maundy money on behalf of her daughter who was on tour in New Zealand. For the past two years the service has not been held due to the pandemic and instead the Queen wrote to recipients of Maundy money, who received the coins in the post, to thank them for their community work which earned them their nominations. The money is distributed to people who have aided their local community or church in some significant way, with a man and woman recognised for each year of the Queen’s life. Every year she travels to a church in a different UK location for the Royal Maundy Service, with the 2019 event (the most recent, due to the Covid-19 pandemic) held at St George’s Chapel, Windsor. Maundy Thursday commemorates the biblical story of the Last Supper, when Jesus washed the feet of his disciples, much to their discomfort – a Christian rite known as “Maundy”.

The annual Royal Maundy service—where the monarch distributes Maundy money to retired pensioners on the Thursday before Easter—has been a staple in the ...

The Prince will be accompanied by his wife Camilla at the engagement and they will pose for a photograph in front of the chapel afterwards. Buckingham Palace has previously said that she will be carrying out “light duties” and she has been seen conducting virtual audiences from Windsor Castle where she now spends the majority of her time. However, she will not be present at the service in St George’s Chapel, Windsor today after it was announced last week that Prince Charles will represent her in this duty for the first time.

THE QUEEN missed today's Maundy Service, a traditional ceremony attended by the monarch for over 50 years but why do we celebrate Maundy Thursday?

Prince Charles and Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall attended the Royal Maundy service today on behalf of the Queen. Charles and Camilla joined the congregation at St George’s Chapel, in the grounds of Windsor Castle, for the annual service. The Royal Family's website states: "Every year, on Maundy Thursday, The Queen distributes special Maundy money to pensioners in a service which commemorates Jesus washing the feet of the Apostles at the Last Supper.” “The second purse contains Maundy coins up to the value of the Sovereign's age. The last time a member of the Royal Family stood in for the monarch was in 1970, when the Queen Mother distributed the Maundy money on behalf of her daughter, who was on tour in New Zealand. Typically, the Royal Maundy service marks the beginning of the Queen’s Easter celebrations. Charles to represent the Queen at Royal Maundy Service for first time

Instead, Prince Charles and his wife Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall, took the queen's position in St. George's Chapel at Windsor Castle, BBC News reported. Prince ...

Her lack of attendance at Thursday’s service was not unexpected. She was last seen in public at the thanksgiving service honoring her late husband Prince Philip on March 29. The queen is the head of the Church of England and typically attends services, but when she is not able to do so in person, she attends worship online, People magazine reported.

Prince Charles has taken on an “ancient” tradition at this year's Maundy Thursday service after the Queen pulled out of this annual occasion.

Sadly the Queen’s absence at this year’s Maundy Thursday service isn’t the only Easter occasion she’s expected to miss. Sadly, the Queen wasn’t there to hand out the Maundy money herself this year. Following the announcement from Buckingham Palace that the Queen would miss the Maundy Thursday service this year, Prince Charles and Duchess Camilla have stepped up at this major Easter occasion.

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Christians use the Gregorian Calendar meaning their Easter falls on a Sunday within March 22 and April 25. This is due to the difference in calendar years used by the faiths. Each year Easter falls on a different Sunday than it did the previous year.