Maundy Thursday and the New Command
By Amy Mantravadi
04/02/26
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Maundy Thursday and the New Command

On Maundy Thursday, Christ explicitly gave his disciples the new command from which the day takes its name, for the Latin words novum mandatum are the Vulgate’s translation of “new command.”
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Steve Byrnes
Steve Byrnes
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Spy Wednesday and the Betrayal in All of Us

Spy Wednesday asks us to look inward. It's the day the liturgical calendar acknowledges what we already know: we are not the best version of ourselves.
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Heather Schulz
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The Hope of Easter

“Save us!” or “Deliver us!” That’s what “Hosanna” means. And that is exactly what Jesus did in the ER that dark Thanksgiving Day and every day for me.

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