Mandatum - Maundy Thursday

Mandatum. The word in English is "commandment."  On this day Christians remember the Last Supper, likely a Passover meal. Jesus shared bread and wine with his disciples and shared these words with them:

A new command I give you: Love one another. As I have loved you, so you must love one another.  John 13:34 NIV

That evening, Jesus was betrayed by Judas in the Garden of Gethsemane.  


Here is music for this day of tenebrae:

Go to dark Gethsemane,
Ye that feel the tempter's power;
Your Redeemer's conflict see;
Watch with him one bitter hour;
Turn not from his griefs away;
Learn of Jesus Christ to pray.

See him at the judgment hall,
Beaten, bound, reviled, arraigned;
See him meekly bearing all;
Love of man His soul sustained!
Shun not suffering, shame, or loss;
Learn of Christ to bear the cross.

James Montgomery
Richard Redhead