- Handel, Messiah
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Maundy Thursday
Maundy Thursday is the Christian holy day falling on the Thursday before Easter. It commemorates the Washing of the Feet and Last Supper of Jesus Christ with the Apostles.
It is the fifth day of Holy Week followed by Good Friday.[2] "Maundy comes from the Latin word mandatum, or commandment, reflecting Jesus' words:
"I give you a new commandment."
"I give you a new commandment."
Maundy Thursday always comes between March 19 and April 22, but can vary depending on whether the Gregorian or the Julian calendar . is used. Eastern churches generally use the Julian calendar.
Maundy Thursday initiates the period which commemorates the passion, death, and resurrection of Jesus; this period includes Good Friday and Holy Saturday, and ends on Easter Easter Sunday evening.
The Mass of the Lord's Supper or service of worship is normally celebrated in the evening, when Good Friday begins tradition, since the Last Supper was held on the feast of Passover, according to Jewish tradition.
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| Last Supper, Vicente Juanes c. 1560 |
GLORIOUS!
ReplyDeleteI have shared this with many.
Lyrics:
ReplyDelete"How beautiful are the feet of them
that preach the gospel of peace,
"How beautiful are the feet,
How beautiful are the feet of them
that preach the gospel of peace.
"How beautiful are the feet of them
that preach the gospel of peace,
and bring glad tidings
and bring glad tidings,
glad tidings of good things.
"And bring glad tidings,
glad tidings of good things.
And bring glad tidings,
glad tidings of good things,
glad tidings of good things."
Good stuff Franco.
ReplyDeleteYes. Thank you!
DeleteIt's good to see you here, Ed.
Have a Holy Maundy Thursday!
ReplyDeletebtw - What was the Commandment?
I believe Christ gave us just ONE commandment meant to supersede all the others, because in obeying Hid New Commandment we cannot help but fulfill every obligation imposed on us by the stern, forbidding, often petty, mean-spirited laws as written in Leviticus and Deuteronomy and elsewhere in the Old Testament.
DeleteChrist's "New Commandment" is simply this:
LOVE ONE ANOTHER.
No one could deny that virtually all the pain, suffering, cruelty, grief, and injustice people experience –– behavior that makes life on earth the daunting experience it is for many –– would be obviated by obedience to that ONE "new" commandment.
If anyone has anther interpretation we should certainly be made aware of it –– as long as our differences in understanding don't turn into a BATTLE.
The attempt to replace GOD's Holy Word with manmade GOVERNMENT mandates –– the accursed Marxian ideal! –– always has been, and always will be DISASTROUS.
ReplyDelete. . . Lift up your heads, O Ye Gates
And be ye llfted up, Ye Everlasting Doors.
And the Kng of Glory shall come in.
Who is this King of Glory?
The Lord strong and mighty, the Lord mighty in battle . . .
HE is the King of Glory.
Today is the day of The Last Supper. Tomorrow is Good Friday, the Day Our Lord Jesus Christ, was Crucified, and died to redeem OUR sins.
Isn't it long past time we at the very least paid LIP SERVICE to honor and express gratitude for the immense sacrifice HE made for OUR sakes?
As I get older and older (Saturday will be my 79th birthday), I realize more and more that God is, indeed, "our refuge and strength, a very present help in trouble . . ." and that because that is so we, who believe in Him don't have to be afraid of anything –– not even DEATH.
I hope everyone finds a measure of JOY in the SOLEMNITY of these times and especially the events in ou Liturgical Calendar.
"Weeping may endure for the night, but Joy cometh in the morning."
I never saw a Moor —
ReplyDeleteI never saw the Sea —
Yet know I how the Heather looks
And what a Billow be.
I never spoke with God
Nor visited in Heaven —
Yet certain am I of the spot
As if a chart were given —
~ Emily Dickinson 183o-1886)
ReplyDeleteBoris Johnson out of ICU amid coronavirus battle, in 'good spirits,' spokesman says
Fox News
by Adam Shaw & Stephen Sorace
U.K. Prime Minister Boris Johnson has been moved out of the intensive care unit of a London hospital where he has battled coronavirus, a spokesman for the prime minister said Thursday.
“The Prime Minister has been moved this evening from intensive care back to the ward, where he will receive close monitoring during the early phase of his recovery,” the spokesman said. “He is in extremely good spirits."
Johnson told the public on March 27 that he tested positive for the virus and that he had "mild symptoms," but he kept working in self-isolation -- appearing at the doors of 10 Downing Street to applaud the National Health Service in the evening. . . .
SURELY WE CAN'T HEAR ... G_O_O_D_ .. N_E_W_S ... TOO OFTEN, CAN WE?
ReplyDeleteBoris Johnson LEAVES intensive care unit after three nights to continue his coronavirus recovery on hospital ward as Downing Street says 'he is in extremely good spirits'
Daily Mail (UK)
by David Wilcox
Boris Johnson was tonight taken out of intensive care in a sign he is winning his coronavirus battle.The Prime Minister, who has been in hospital since Sunday, has spent three nights in a high-dependency unit at St Thomas' Hospital in central London after his condition deteriorated. The announcement came just hours after Foreign Secretary Dominic Raab, who has been standing in for him while he was incapacitated, said he was making 'positive steps forward' in his treatment.This evening a No 10 spokesman said: 'The Prime Minister has been moved this evening from intensive care back to the ward, where he will receive close monitoring during . . .
A SECULAR REMINDER oF GOD'S GRACE and INFINITE BEAUTY:
ReplyDeleteWhere e’er you walk
___ cool gales shall fan the glade.
Trees where you sit
___ shall crowd into a shade.
Where e’er you tread
___ the blushing flowers rise
An all things flourish
___ where e’er you turn your eyes.
~ text from an aria in Handel's opera "Semele" - libretto by Wm. Congreve
I died for Beauty –– but was scarce
ReplyDeleteAdjusted –– in the Tomb,
When one who died for Truth was lain
In an adjoining room.
He questioned softly why I failed?
"For Beauty," I replied.
"And I for Truth –– the two are one ––
We Brethren are," –– he said.
And so –– as Kinsmen met a-night ––
We talked between the rooms ––
Until the Mmoss had reached our Lips ––
And covered up our Names.
~ Emily Dickinson (1830-1886)