Maundy Thursday

Holy Week is a creation of the Roman Catholic Church. In order to not be Jewish, Christians need their own special week, which cannot be called Passover. Forget about Jesus being a Jew and forget about the first Christians being Jews.  Forget about how the first Gentile converts to Christianity adopted the Passover, because the rituals of Holy Week were commanded by some pope, not God. Regardless of the truth that Jesus washed the feet of his disciples, and it is truth, the Church has adopted Thursday as this day of recognition. Despite the fact that the day of preparation (i.e.: Friday) was when Jesus sent his disciples to prepare the upper room for the Seder meal, we recognize Thursday as when he washed feet. Despite the fact that the Passover festival then was eight days long, beginning at 6:00 PM Friday (technically a Sabbath) and lasted until 6:00 PM the next Sabbath (technically a Sunday), we act like Jesus washed feet on Thursday, was dead on a cross by noon Friday, and entombed later the same Friday. Despite the fact that Jews celebrate TWO Seder meals, beginning at 6:00 PM on 14 Nisan (technically 15 Nisan) and again beginning at 6:00 PM on 15 Nisan (technically 16 Nisan), we see Jesus washing feet at the only Seder meal he attended, forgetting all about his Seder meal at the home of Simon the Leper. Despite all that truth of the reality of Jesus’ life, Christians see Thursday as the holy day that we remember foot washing.

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