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Maundy is Latin for “commandment”. Jesus said, “I give you a new commandment, that you love one another” (John 13.34). According to Matthew, Mark, and Luke, it is also the night that Jesus shares a passover meal with his disciples and transforms it into the gift that we call Holy Communion. Finally, it is the night in which Jesus was betrayed. When he is arrested our hope is stripped and our worship space is laid bare. Our worship will encompass all these aspects of the experience of the disciples. Quite rightly, it is almost too much to bear.