Maundy Thursday - Solemn Eucharist

Thursday 28th March, 7:00pm

Solemn Eucharist of the Last Supper and Watch at the Altar of Repose.

This is the night Jesus met with hie friends, the disciples, for the last meal with them. It’s called the Last Supper, before his death. This is where he instituted the Eucharist, sometimes called Holy Communion, the Sacrament or Mass, which is eating bread and drinking wine, as Christians do every Sunday. Clergy robes are white. After this service, the furnishings in the Cathedral are taken away, no altar coverings, cushions, nothing. The church is stripped marking Christ being stripped of his clothes on Good Friday, before his crucifixion.

After The Maundy Thursday service, the sacrament is processed to a side chapel, decorated with flowers and greenery. This marks Jesus last night in the garden of Gethsemane before his death. His friends, the disciples kept falling asleep, and he reminded them many times to stay awake with him, for his last night.