I attended a church that held a ceremony on Maunday Thursday, where the whole church was dark except for candlelight.
Will be honoring Holy Thursday this evening as well with our Church..A Candlelight Communion Servie....
For the Sake of His Sorrowful Passion, Have Mercy on Us....
The Church is totally darkened at the Easter Vigil in Catholic Churches symbolizing the tomb of Christ. Lent formally ends at the beginning of the Easter Vigil Mass. It is very dramamtic as all present light candles from the new Easter candle that is blessed and marked for this year by the priest.
A ceremony with Holy Fire outside the church lights the Easter Candle.
Christ — the Light of the World.
The Lord is my Light and my Salvation.
I must ask this question:
Why don’t your churches celebrate the Lord’s Last Supper with His Apostles as the Catholic Church does on Holy Thursday?
Is it to be different?
Is it to display your unbelief that Christ instituted the Eucharist on this night with three phrases?
“This is my Body, take and eat.”
“This is my Blood, take and drink.”
“Do this in remembrance of me.”
Just curious about why this is not celebrated in your churches.
The darkness doesn’t occur until Good Friday when Christ’s death is remembered. That’s when, in my opinion, you should enter a darkened church.
Even the article emphasized the Last Supper!
**As Christians, we remember the Thursday before Easter as the time when Jesus gathered his disciples together for a last meal with them. After they finished their supper, they walked to Gethsemane.**
Indeed, it is a very moving ceremony.