Maundy Thursday 9th April Message
Dear Reader
Today is the day we call Maundy Thursday of Holy Week. It is the day we remember Jesus washing the disciples’ feet, an act of humility and servitude. It is a day when we consider a new commandment.
Most of us if asked, ‘how many commandments are there?’, would probably say ‘ten’ and you would be correct in part. There are, however, more than ten commandments if you look for them. The ten commandments are known theologically as the decalogue.
The word ‘Maundy’ is believed to come from the Latin ‘Mandatum’ and is part of the phrase ‘Mandatum novum do vobis’ – ‘A new commandment I give to you’. The new commandment is that we should love one another.
Am I correct though, in thinking that we can at times, barely tolerate one another. If this is the case what do Jesus’ words mean for us today? And how can we do the equivalent to washing one another’s feet?
Today I ask you to think/meditate on these things
God Bless you!
Jim
MATTHEW 22: 34-40
Hearing that Jesus had silenced the Sadducees, the Pharisees got together.One of them, an expert in the law, tested him with this question:“Teacher, which is the greatest commandment in the Law?”
Jesus replied: “‘Love the Lord your God with all your heart and with all your soul and with all your mind.’ This is the first and greatest commandment.And the second is like it: ‘Love your neighbor as yourself.’ All the Law and the Prophets hang on these two commandments.”
JOHN 13: 34-35
“A new command I give you: Love one another. As I have loved you, so you must love one another.By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you love one another.”
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