MAUNDY THURSDAY - 4/2/2026
This Thursday is called “Maundy,” meaning “command,” from the verse in John’s gospel in which Jesus commands us to love one another as he loved us. We hear about the Passover lamb, Jesus’ last meal with his disciples before his death, and Jesus washing his disciples’ feet. You are invited to come forward to have your feet or hands washed. Finally, we strip the chancel bare to ready ourselves for Good Friday.
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In the fifteenth century, a German painter known as the Master of the Housebook painted the footwashing as an altarpiece. Jesus is washing Peter’s feet. Note that Judas does not wear a nimbus of holiness.




















