Maundy Thursday Liturgy & Stripping of the Altar

Thursday in Holy Week is the day Jesus began with his friends and ended totally deserted and alone.  It was the day of the Passover feast.  Jesus arranged to eat the meal with his disciples and thereby tell them to “Do this in remembrance of me.”  From there, Judas went out to betray Jesus into the hands of the authorities; Peter denied him three times; the rest of the disciples fled; and Jesus was condemned to be executed at a corrupt trial.  During this service, every ornament is removed from the altar to symbolize the desertion of Jesus.

7:30 pm Maundy Thursday Liturgy and Stripping of the Altar, Main Church