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To: Tax-chick; Monkey Face; NicknamedBob; NoCmpromiz; null and void; no-to-illegals; Silentgypsy; ...

Good morning, all. It appears to be Friday Eve again. It’s also Maundy Thursday, but I never understood what that meant even when I was going to an Episcopal church.


5,518 posted on 04/18/2019 5:11:06 AM PDT by ArGee (I trust people with freedom more than I trust government with power.)
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To: ArGee

Good Friday Eve to you! I had to explain that to certain relatives who were related to my late brother. ;o]


5,523 posted on 04/18/2019 5:26:54 AM PDT by Monkey Face (Do you ever feel bugs on you when there are no bugs?They're the ghosts of bugs you've killed.Kara W.)
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"Maundy" is a corruption of "mandate" a similar term in Latin. It is applied to this Thursday because, at the Last Supper, which is generally (though not universally) believed to have taken place on the Thursday before the Crucifixion, which was on Friday, Jesus told the Apostles, "A new commandment I give you: love one another as I have loved you."
5,530 posted on 04/18/2019 8:32:33 AM PDT by Tax-chick ("President Trump likes Chairman Kim." ~ Sarah Huckabee Sanders)
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