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I Wonder Why?

This is an occasional column that answers interesting questions.

I Wonder why the Thursday before Easter is called Maundy Thursday?

"From the earliest times, the week before Easter has been a period of very special services.

Maundy Thursday is the name given to the fifth day of the week in the English tradition-or Holy Thursday in the Roman tradition. The word maundy comes from the the Latin word mandare, or "commandment" because this is the day that Jesus, at the Last Supper, gave his disciples 'a new commandment, that you love one another' (John 13:34). Jesus demonstrated the spirit of this commandment by washing his disciples' feet, so there may be a ceremonial foot washing at this service. Jesus humbled himself to serve others, as we also should learn to do so. At the end of the service the altar is often stripped and left bare so that the church on Good Friday is barren of all ornamentation."

Christopher L. Webber. Welcome to Sunday: An Introduction to Worship in the Episcopal Church (Harrisburg, PA: Morehouse Publishing 2003), pp.50, 52.

Clergy

The Rev. Charles Davidson

Vestry Members

Carol Anderson, Cyrus Aimey (Junior Warden), Veronica Airey-Wilson,

Joyce Asiedu,

Walter Benjamin (Senior Warden),

Nora Brown,

Terry Brown (Treasurer),

Marie Brown-Harvey (Secretary), Evelyn Green, Shannon Holder, Bates Lyons, Joe Noel, Peter Marsele, Terrie Thomas, Herbert Bowen ( Hon)

Music

Rochelle Holder - Youth Choir

Nathaniel Baker - Music Director/Organist

Rector Emeritus

Canon Cyril Burke

Email

monicahartford@gmail.com