Maundy Thursday

Today is Maundy Thursday. Read about the origins of that name in an old InstantReplay post from Holy Weeks, 2003 and 2004:

Jesus said, “Mandatum novum do vobis ut diligatis invicem sicut dilexi vos ut et vos diligatis invicem in hoc cognoscent omnes quia mei discipuli estis si dilectionem habueritis ad invicem.” This ‘mandatum novum’ – or ‘new commandment’ – has become the basis for Christianity, and we remember the commandment in the very name of the day on which Christ gave it: Maundy Thursday.