{"id":38689,"date":"2013-03-28T12:05:54","date_gmt":"2013-03-28T16:05:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/?p=38689"},"modified":"2013-03-28T12:19:09","modified_gmt":"2013-03-28T16:19:09","slug":"what-is-maundy-thursday-and-why-do-christians-recognizeremember-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/2013\/03\/28\/what-is-maundy-thursday-and-why-do-christians-recognizeremember-it\/","title":{"rendered":"What is Maundy Thursday and why do Christians recognize\/remember it?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/christianity.about.com\/od\/easter\/qt\/maundythursday.htm\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>What is Maundy\u00a0Thursday?<\/strong><\/a><br \/>\n<em>What do Christians celebrate on Maundy\u00a0Thursday?<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Excerpt:<\/em><\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">Maundy Thursday is observed during <a href=\"http:\/\/christianity.about.com\/od\/easter\/ss\/Holy-Week-Timeline.htm\" target=\"_blank\">Holy Week<\/a> on the Thursday before <a href=\"http:\/\/christianity.about.com\/od\/holidaytips\/qt\/whatiseaster.htm\" target=\"_blank\">Easter<\/a>. Also referred to as &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/catholicism.about.com\/od\/holydaysandholidays\/p\/Holy_Thursday.htm\" target=\"_blank\">Holy Thursday<\/a>&#8221; or &#8220;Great Thursday&#8221; in some Christian denominations, Maundy Thursday commemorates the <a href=\"http:\/\/christianity.about.com\/od\/biblestorysummaries\/p\/thelastsupper.htm\" target=\"_blank\">Last Supper<\/a> when Jesus shared the <a href=\"http:\/\/christianity.about.com\/od\/biblefeastsandholidays\/p\/passoverfeast.htm\" target=\"_blank\">Passover<\/a> meal with his disciples on the night before he was crucified. In contrast to joyful Easter celebrations when Christians worship their resurrected Savior, Maundy Thursday services are typically more solemn occasions, marked by the shadow of Jesus&#8217; betrayal.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">&#8230;<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><strong>What Does &#8220;Maundy&#8221; Mean?<\/strong><br \/>\nDerived from the Latin word <i>mandatum<\/i>, meaning &#8220;commandment,&#8221; <i>Maundy<\/i> refers to the commands Jesus gave his disciples at the Last Supper: <span style=\"color: #800000;\"><strong>to love with humility by serving one another and to remember his sacrifice <\/strong><em>(emphasis here and purchased\/modified\u00a0graphic below from DSC).<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=1%20Timothy%202:5-6&amp;version=NIV\" target=\"_blank\"><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-38714\" alt=\"MaundyThursday-March2013\" src=\"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/MaundyThursday-March20132.jpg\" width=\"100%\" height=\"100%\" border=\"0\" srcset=\"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/MaundyThursday-March20132.jpg 637w, http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/03\/MaundyThursday-March20132-150x99.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 637px) 100vw, 637px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>What is Maundy\u00a0Thursday? What do Christians celebrate on Maundy\u00a0Thursday? Excerpt: Maundy Thursday is observed during Holy Week on the Thursday before Easter. Also referred to as &#8220;Holy Thursday&#8221; or &#8220;Great Thursday&#8221; in some Christian denominations, Maundy Thursday commemorates the Last Supper when Jesus shared the Passover meal with his disciples on the night before he [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[72,425,95,500,248,480],"tags":[606,772,96,798,696,792],"class_list":["post-38689","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-daniel-s-christian","category-faith","category-global-globalization","category-hearts-matters-of-the-heart","category-relationships","category-society","tag-daniel-s-christian","tag-faith-wisdom","tag-global","tag-hearts-matters-of-the-heart","tag-relationships","tag-society"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38689","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=38689"}],"version-history":[{"count":16,"href":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38689\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":38716,"href":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38689\/revisions\/38716"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=38689"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=38689"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/danielschristian.com\/learning-ecosystems\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=38689"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}