Brown's Daily Word 3-28-13

Praise the Lord for Maundy Thursday, also known as “Holy Thursday,” This is is the Thursday of Passion Week, one day before Good Friday. It is the last Thursday before Easter. Maundy Thursday is the name given to the on which Jesus, our Lord, celebrated Passover with His disciples. That meal was later to become known as the Last Supper.

 

Two important events are the focus of Maundy Thursday. First, Jesus celebrated the Passover meal - the Last Supper - with His disciples. In so doing He instituted the Lord's Supper, which we also call Communion (Luke 22:19-20). Many Christian churches observe a special Communion service on Maundy Thursday as a remembrance of Jesus' Last Supper with His disciples.

The second important event unfolded as Jesus knelt and washed His disciples' feet as an act of humility and service. Jesus thereby set an example that we should love and serve one another in humility (John 13:3-17). Some Christian churches observe a foot-washing ceremony on Maundy Thursday to commemorate Jesus' love in action in washing the feet of the disciples.

The word "Maundy" is derived from the Latin word for command or mandate. "Maundy" refers to Jesus' command to His disciples at the Last Supper that they should love and serve one another.

In Christ,

Brown

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