What is Maundy Thursday, exactly? It is lost among the many other pre-Easter days-- Fat Tuesday, Good Friday, etc. To be honest, I hadn't even heard of it until I read this Huffington Post article.
Apparently, the word "Maundy" comes from the Latin mandatum, which means "mandate." Maundy Thursday, then, is the time when Christ passed down his mandate to is disciples, telling them exactly what he wanted from them, as he knowingly went to his own death.
His mandate was this: "I give you a new commandment, that you love one another. Just as I have loved you, you also should love one another. By this everyone will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another."
An interesting little Easter tidbit.
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