A reflection on Maundy Thursday
Christ washing Peter's feet in the 'Tibertius Psalter', 12th century, London, British Library, Cotton MS Tiberius C VI, f. 11v.
Out of the entire Holy Week cycle, I am particularly drawn to Holy Thursday. The English call this day Maundy Thursday, using a word derived from the Latin ‘mandatum’, meaning commandment. It is one of Christ’s words to his disc…
