4/17/14 Re WHAT NEW COMMAND DID JESUS GIVE TODAY,MAUNDY THURSDAY,2000 YEARS AGO? & Does "Maundy" come from "mandatum" (ie command) or from "mendicare" (ie to beg) ? How can we make this Maundy Thursday,2014, a concrete reminder of Jesusl command to Love One Another?
http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maundy_Thursday
"...Most scholars agree that the English
word Maundy in that name for the day is
derived through Middle English and Old
French mandé, from the Latin
mandatum , the first word of the phrase
"Mandatum novum do vobis ut diligatis
invicem sicut dilexi vos" ("A new
commandment I give unto you, That ye
love one another; as I have loved you"),
the statement by Jesus in the Gospel of
John 13:34 by which Jesus explained to
the Apostles the significance of his action
of washing their feet. The phrase is used
as the antiphon sung in the Roman Rite
during the "Mandatum" ceremony of the
washing of the feet, which may be held
during Mass or at another time as a
separate event, during which a priest or
bishop (representing Christ) ceremonially
washes the feet of others, typically 12
persons chosen as a cross-section of the
community.
Others theorize that the English name
"Maundy Thursday" arose from
"maundsor baskets" or "maundy purses"
of alms which the king of England
distributed to certain poor at Whitehall
before attending Mass on that day. Thus,
"maund" is connected to the Latin
mendicare , and French mendier , to beg.
[40][41] A source from the Lutheran
Church–Missouri Synod likewise states
that, if the name was derived from the
Latin mandatum , we would call the day
Mandy Thursday, or Mandate Thursday,
or even Mandatum Thursday; and that
the term "Maundy" comes in fact from
the Latin mendicare , Old French
mendier , and English maund , which as a
verb means to beg and as a noun refers
to a small basket held out by maunders
as they maunded. [42] ..."
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