Today is Maundy Thursday. It’s also known as Holy Thursday, Sheer Thursday (as in to cleanse or “sheer off” sin), Covenant Thursday, Great and Holy Thursday, and Thursday of Mysteries. A day with many names, each pointing to something sacred, ancient, and deeply human.
This day commemorates the Last Supper – Jesus‘ final meal with his disciples before his arrest. It’s the origin of the Eucharist and the commandment to love one another as He has loved us (“mandatum,” the Latin root of Maundy, means command).
So tonight, if you feel called, wash someone’s feet—or allow yours to be washed. It’s strange, humbling, intimate. That’s the point. Among the other things going on remember: don’t go to a dinner party with 12 other people –
This evening begins the Easter Triduum, (aka Holy Triduum, Paschal Triduum, or The Three Days,) the period of three days that begins with the liturgy on the evening of Holy Thursday and ends with Easter Vigil on Holy Saturday.
Today is a big confessional day – If you are so intent on reading about my misspent youth as an altar boy, read here.
The Haus of Dcaligari 
