Wednesday, April 12, 2017

...and so to Maundy Thursday.

When I was a child I thought it was "mourn-day" Thursday, and that we were mourning the death of Christ on the Cross...

Maundy of course refers to the  Command  that Christ gave on this day, the command that we love one anther...

There will be Maundy Masses across Britain and I will be at one of them, witnessing the washing of feet that teaches us about this Command, and hearing the words at the Consecration at Mass: "On the night he was betrayed - that is, tonight..."

HM the Queen will be distributing Maundy Money as monarchs in Britain have been doing for over a thousand years.

On Good Friday I'll be joining thousands of people in Trafalgar Square for this  before going on to the 3pm devotions in church.




2 comments:

Alenka said...

As a child I thought it was Monday Thursday, which left me understandably confused.

Anonymous said...

Wow, the Trafalgar Square event is interesting! I somehow am getting the feeling lately that England is getting more Christian/Catholic even as the U.S. is rapidly losing ground. I just don't think a public passion play would happen in a major square in a major U.S. city...