This Sung Eucharist service commemorates the Last Supper at which Jesus gave us the new commandment that we love one another (Latin mandatum, from which we derive the word Maundy).

This is the evening of the Last Supper. On his final night with his disciples, Jesus instituted the Eucharist, and commanded his disciples to wash one another’s feet, a command (mandatum in Latin), from which we get the name Maundy Thursday. After the Last Supper, Jesus and his disciples went out to the Garden of Gethsemane, to watch and pray, where Jesus was arrested.

After the “Stripping of the Altars”, which recalls Christ’s arrest, we, too, will have the opportunity to stay awhile, to watch and pray with the Lord, in the Sacrament Altar after this service. The service will end with an informal dispersal, but all are invited to remain for this “Watch”.

Keep ‘watch’
Following the service, all are welcome to keep ‘watch’ until 10.00pm in St Gluvias Church, as we follow the example of the first disciples, who waited with Our Lord in the Garden of Gethsemane.