( from Lutheran Church of the Master’s monthly publication, ‘The Mast’)
Traditionally in the Christian Church, this day is known as Maundy 
Thursday. The term ‘Maundy’ comes from the Latin word mandatum (from which we get our English word mandate), a verb that means “to give”, “to entrust”, or “to order”. The term is usually translated to “commandment”, from John’s account of that Thursday night. According to the Fourth Gospel, as Jesus’ and the Disciples were eating their final meal together before Jesus’ arrest, he washed the disciple’s feet to illustrate humility and the spirit of servanthood. After they had finished the meal, as they walked into the night toward Gethsemane, Jesus taught his disciples a “new” commandment, that was not really new (John 13:34-35) :
“A new commandment I give to you, that you love one another; even as I have loved you, you also ought to love another. By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another.”
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This post is a replay of last year’s Maundy Thursday posting.
How have you done in the area of ‘loving one another’ since last Maundy Thursday?
Have you humbled yourself and taken on the qualities of the lowest slave in the household, to serve others in love at the expense of your own position in life?
I haven’t. At least not very often and not for very long and not probably not for the right reasons.
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