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The ceremony commemorates the commandment of Christ that his disciples should emulate his loving humility in the washing of the feet (John 13:14–17). The medieval Latin term mandatum (mandé, maundy), came to apply to the rite of foot-washing on the Thursday preceding Easter Sunday, known in English as "Maundy Thursday" since at least 1530. [3]
The Mass of the Lord's Supper, also known as A Service of Worship for Maundy Thursday, is a Holy Week service celebrated on the evening of Maundy Thursday. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] It inaugurates the Easter Triduum , [ 3 ] and commemorates the Last Supper of Jesus with his disciples , more explicitly than other celebrations of the Mass .
Maundy Thursday is notable for being the day on which the Chrism Mass is celebrated in each diocese. Usually held in the diocesan cathedral, it is generally held on the morning of Maundy Thursday, but may in some dioceses take place on another day during Holy Week. [68] The Mass is a celebration of the institution of the priesthood. [66] [69]
John 13:34 (NRSV) The word "mandatum" is also the first word sung in the liturgical ceremony for Maundy Thursday. Our English word, "mandate," comes from this word as well.
A Royal Maundy ceremony in 1867. Royal Maundy (/ ˈ m ɔː n d i /) is a religious service in the Church of England held on Maundy Thursday, the day before Good Friday.At the service, the British monarch or a royal official ceremonially distributes small silver coins known as "Maundy money" (legally, "the King's Maundy money") as symbolic alms to elderly recipients.
The Paschal Triduum or Easter Triduum (Latin: Triduum Paschale), [1] Holy Triduum (Latin: Triduum Sacrum), or the Three Days, [2] is the period of three days that begins with the liturgy on the evening of Maundy Thursday, [3] reaches its high point in the Easter Vigil, and closes with evening prayer on Easter Sunday. [4]
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[2] At the end of the Maundy Thursday liturgy in Methodist parishes, the chancel is traditionally stripped; black paraments are sometimes added for Good Friday as black is the liturgical colour of Good Friday in the Methodist Churches. [3]