What is the story and meaning of Maundy Thursday?
The Thursday of Holy Week is known as Maundy Thursday, referring to the Latin word for commandment, mandatum. In these last days of his life, Jesus both states and enacts his new commandment, that we love one another as he has loved us. To show the disciples what he means, he washes their feet. These feet would have been dusty, cracked, lined. A servant would normally have taken a basin and washed the feet of guests arriving for a meal.
