Maundy Thursday reflection from 'When God Speaks Through Worship'
Posted by cicw
Monday, April 6th, 2009
An excerpt of Craig Satterlee’s new book When God Speaks Through Worship, one of our recent publications, is featured in this week’s Alban Weekly:
[One] year, as we prepared for Easter, people wondered if the Maundy Thursday service could be a bit more worshipful, without losing the agape feast, and asked if I had any ideas. I explained that the name Maundy comes from the Latin word for “commandment” and refers to the new commandment Jesus gave to his followers, to love one another as Jesus loved them (John 13:34). I said that some congregations wash feet on Maundy Thursday as a way of both remembering how Jesus washed his disciples’ feet and sharing in Jesus’s humble, loving service. “You want us to take off our shoes and socks in church and have our feet washed?” someone asked. “Actually,” I said, smiling, “I’d like us to take off our shoes and socks in the fellowship hall and have our feet washed before supper.” “Can you help me to understand what this is?” Kelly, the council president, asked. “I don’t think I can,” I said. “I think we have to try it, and then talk about what God’s up to.”
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