Maundy Thursday

Maundy Thursday is derived from the words of Jesus in the Gospel of John, referring to the "new commandment" he gave his apostles.

This antiphon is taken from the Gospel of John and repeats the words of Jesus to his Apostles. The word Maundy is related to the Latin word, “mandatum,” and is found in the liturgy during the washing of the feet. Maundy Thursday is derived from the words of Jesus in the Gospel of John, referring to the "new commandment" he gave his apostles.

Maundy. The term comes from an old hymn “Mandatum novum do vobis.” Latin for “a new commandment I give you” (John 13:34). And that command?

They will strip him in shame, laugh at him, spit in his face, and once again speak that Satanic Question, “If you be the Son of God.” He will stand before the pagan courts and remind them the only authority they have over him has been given to them from above. Early tomorrow morning, the Lamb of God will be taken to the temple and prepared for slaughter. Tonight will be the night he will hold the weight of the world on his heart and pray “Father if there be any way this cup could pass before me let it be, yet not my will, but yours.” Tonight he will sweat with blood, weep over his lost sheep, battle the serpent one last time. If we were there then: Tonight will be the night he will eat his last Passover meal with his disciples.

Prince Charles and Camilla will take the Queen's place for today's Royal Maundy service at St George's Chapel, Windsor.

The white purse is filled with uniquely minted Maundy money – silver 10p and 3p pieces – to the value of 96 pence. On four occasions a member of the royal family has stood in for the Queen at the Royal Maundy service, the last time was in 1970 when the Queen Mother distributed the Maundy money on behalf of her daughter who was on tour in New Zealand. For the past two years the service has not been held due to the pandemic and instead the Queen wrote to recipients of Maundy money, who received the coins in the post, to thank them for their community work which earned them their nominations. The money is distributed to people who have aided their local community or church in some significant way, with a man and woman recognised for each year of the Queen’s life. Every year she travels to a church in a different UK location for the Royal Maundy Service, with the 2019 event (the most recent, due to the Covid-19 pandemic) held at St George’s Chapel, Windsor. Maundy Thursday commemorates the biblical story of the Last Supper, when Jesus washed the feet of his disciples, much to their discomfort – a Christian rite known as “Maundy”.

The annual Royal Maundy service—where the monarch distributes Maundy money to retired pensioners on the Thursday before Easter—has been a staple in the ...

The Prince will be accompanied by his wife Camilla at the engagement and they will pose for a photograph in front of the chapel afterwards. Buckingham Palace has previously said that she will be carrying out “light duties” and she has been seen conducting virtual audiences from Windsor Castle where she now spends the majority of her time. However, she will not be present at the service in St George’s Chapel, Windsor today after it was announced last week that Prince Charles will represent her in this duty for the first time.

With the easing of Covid-19 rules on religious services here, those attending mass are no longer limited to visiting a single church and the singing of hymns ...

Singing is also allowed now, so it brings more life to the church," she said. "My 12-year-old son serves as an altar boy in the church and is very excited to be back. However, given that Maundy Thursday and Good Friday are important days to Christians, the archdiocese has made it mandatory for churchgoers to have prior bookings before attending services on these days.

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Prince Charles and Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall attended the Royal Maundy service today on behalf of the Queen. Charles and Camilla joined the congregation at St George’s Chapel, in the grounds of Windsor Castle, for the annual service. The Royal Family's website states: "Every year, on Maundy Thursday, The Queen distributes special Maundy money to pensioners in a service which commemorates Jesus washing the feet of the Apostles at the Last Supper.” “The second purse contains Maundy coins up to the value of the Sovereign's age. The last time a member of the Royal Family stood in for the monarch was in 1970, when the Queen Mother distributed the Maundy money on behalf of her daughter, who was on tour in New Zealand. Typically, the Royal Maundy service marks the beginning of the Queen’s Easter celebrations. Charles to represent the Queen at Royal Maundy Service for first time