With the Evening Mass of the Lord’s Supper, the Church begins her three most sacred days. From Thursday evening through Sunday evening, the Church observes the Paschal Triduum, marking the Passion, ...
The Thursday before Easter is known as either Maundy Thursday, or Holy Thursday. Maundy is derived from the Latin word for "command," and refers to Jesus' commandment to the disciples to "Love one ...
The Gospel of John situates the story slightly earlier that the Synoptics do: “Now before the festival of the Passover,” he begins. At the Last Supper, he tells us, Jesus “knew that his hour had come.