In many parishes around the country, the mandatum - the washing of the feet - is performed incorrectly.
The washing of the feet is supposed to be done (a) by a priest (b) upon men.
Instead, it is done by those not ordained to Holy Orders.
Or it is done on women and children instead of men.
Or the celebrant washes not the feet, but the hands or other body parts.
The Last Supper is the ritual wherein Jesus established both the Eucharist and the priesthood that performs the sacrifice of the Mass.
While very liturgical abuse is a tragedy, liturgical abuse of the Holy Thursday Mass is among the worst of abuses, since it mis-represents the priesthood, through which the sacraments come to us.
The law of prayer is the law of belief.
If we don't pray the Mass of Holy Thursday correctly, we suborn our own priests.
When they abuse the right, they suborn and disrespect themselves.
Liturgical abuse, especially this liturgical abuse, is as unjust as a suicide.
This website is meant to address the common excuses used by laypeople and ordained men for their refusal to be obedient to the Catholic Faith.
A depository of information on the Holy Thursday Mandatum rite in the Catholic Church.
Learn about the rubrics for the washing of feet!