Posted on 03/15/2005 10:33:09 PM PST by NYer
How is this practiced in your parish?
I went to Maundy Thursday service last year in my presbyterian church and it was very moving. I hope I can get out of work tomorrow in time to make it to the service tomorrow night. God Bless!
Thanks for posting this.
The altar boys were practicing stripping the altar tonight as I finished my Rosary after Mass.
Adoration from after Mass to midnight.
MAUNDY Thursday? Excuse me?
In my parish it is HOLY THursday and due to the construction of the building (and that it's the Cathedral) the Altar of Repose is in the Chapel of the Blessed Sacrament. It's not quite big enough in a church that size, but that can't be helped. Anyway, on such occasions, all the candles are lit, not just the red Tabernacle lights, and there are flowers everywhere. I don't remember veils covering the mosaics, but in my old parish, the Altar of Repose was under an Icon that was always covered with a drape. And it was a special altar built just for the purpose. Most churches around here have a separate altar for repose. I actually like it better that way with the main Tabernacle open.
The processional will be to Pange Lingua. There's nothing else to it. Everything is done by the book, but then, Burke is the archbishop here. Everything. Down to the clacker. Clouds of incense. It's really something to see and hear.
"Maundy Thursday" is also a common expression for tomorrow.
In these parts, only the protestants call it that. I refuse to refer to it in my church by that name.
Well the priest at my FORMER parish left The Most Blessed Sacrament in what looked like a large wooden salad bowl (that he thought was a ciborium) uncovered in a classroom off the auditorium (large ugly building that they have mass in because the real church is too small for everyone.)
March 24, 2005
The Washing of Feet
At the Last Supper on the night before he died, Jesus washed his disciples’ feet. This is told only in John’s Gospel. John does not tell us about what Jesus did with the bread and wine. He wanted to place the washing of feet front and center.
When Jesus finishes, he says, “As I have done for you, you should also do.” These words are very similar and just as strong – as the words of Jesus in Luke after the bread: “Do this in memory of me.”
Because in John’s Gospel Jesus commanded us to do this, it is called the “mandatum” (Latin for “mandate”). This is why one often hears this day referred to as “Maundy Thursday.”
The washing of the feet is meant to express a simple act of kindness and service, and it has been part of the liturgy of Holy Thursday for over 1.500 years.
For many years, it was customary to confess one’s sins at the beginning of Lent. Those in the Order of Penitents (preparing to return to the Catholic Church) received absolution on Holy Thursday morning. They were then able to enter fully into the Triduum which began that evening.
Ah, Des, "Maundy" is an antique English corruption of the Latin word "mandatum", the first word of a verse from the Gospel in the Vulgate, John 13:34:
Mandatum novum do vobis: ut diligatis invicem ...
"I give unto you a new commandment: that you love one another ..."
You can't really get a whole lot more Catholic than that. "Maundy Thursday" long predates the Reformation.
So Maundy Thursday actually is Catholic in origin.....from the Latin word, "mandatum" meaning mandates......referring to the mandate that Christ gave the apostles at the Last Supper.
"Do this in memory of me." from Luke.
“As I have done for you, you should also do.” from John.
Sorry I missed you in the post on Maundy Thursday. Please know that the word is Catholic in origin.
Ah, I believe it's connected with the institution of the Sacrament of Holy Orders, which (along with the institution of the Eucharist) are the two things we principally commemorate on Maundy Thursday.
Sorry I missed you in the post on Maundy Thursday. But you have the evidence too.
We just were writing similar stuff at the same time. Great minds ... (etc.) ;-)
**I believe it's connected with the institution of the Sacrament of Holy Orders, which (along with the institution of the Eucharist) are the two things we principally commemorate on Maundy Thursday.**
Absolutely true.
**I believe it's connected with the institution of the Sacrament of Holy Orders, which (along with the institution of the Eucharist) are the two things we principally commemorate on Maundy Thursday.**
Absolutely true.
Sorry about the double click there.
Disclaimer: Opinions posted on Free Republic are those of the individual posters and do not necessarily represent the opinion of Free Republic or its management. All materials posted herein are protected by copyright law and the exemption for fair use of copyrighted works.