Holy Thursday  is the most complex and profound of all religious observances, saving only the Easter Vigil. It celebrates both the institution by Christ himself of…

  1. In Exodus, the blood of the Passover lamb was painted on the door frames, causing the plague of the firstborn to pass over…

Maundy (or Holy) Thursday solemnly commemorates the institution of the Eucharist and is the oldest of the observances peculiar to Holy Week. In Rome various…