CMP Review 2026-04-02

April 2, 2026

“Maundy Thursday takes its name from the new commandment, the new mandatum, that Jesus’ followers should love one another as he has loved them. That will be the sign that they are indeed his disciples…

“Just in case anyone should imagine that what Jesus did might be of general relevance but not specifically related to them personally, Jesus comes to each in turn, comes as the Servant, comes with water and towel and washes their feet. It is an intimate, precious, private moment. And it says, as clearly as anything ever could: I’m doing this for you—yes, you, not just the person sitting next to you. And if you let me wash you, I can clean and rinse and refresh every part of you, the sad parts, the lonely parts, the messy and muddled parts, the parts you wish with all your heart could be healed. They can be. Taste my bread, drink my wine, and let me wash you. That’s what my coming death is all about.”

— N. T. Wright, The Scriptures, the Cross and the Power of God, pp. 53 & 56

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