Holy Thursday
Holy Thursday The evening shadows lengthened over Jerusalem as Jesus gathered His twelve in that upper room. The air carried the scent of roasted lamb and bitter herbs—the Passover meal they had shared so many times before. But this night was different. This was no ordinary Seder. On what we now call Holy Thursday or Maundy Thursday, the Lord of all creation stooped low, breaking bread and pouring wine in ways that would echo through the centuries. It was the night love took on flesh in humble service… and the night the shadow of betrayal began to fall. “Maundy” comes from…