Maundy Thursday: Lauren Winner on why prayer can jolt us into paying attention

During his Holy Thursday homily, the third he presides over since he was elected to head the Roman Catholic Church, said priests can not be “vinegar-faced, winy nor boring pastors” as he affirmed their job was “full of joy.” Priesthood accounts for

I'm not saying Tib knew anything — just how to open up the earth and suffer it to yield, how the Christ had commanded on Maundy Thursday, maundatam Thursday, Thursday of the new mandate, that command of the Last 

At the beginning of the Triduum Paschale, which covers the period extending from the morning of Maundy Thursday to that of Easter, this is a crucial question. The actions of our Christian lives will depend on our answer as we 

Holy Thursday, also known as Maundy Thursday, is an annual Christian holiday celebrated three days before Easter Sunday and coinciding with the Last Supper, Jesus' final meal with the apostles before his crucifixion as described in the biblical Gospels.

I've posted this poem before, since it's maybe my favorite poem by George Herbert. But I realized that this is his Maundy Thursday poem. It's all here: love, the agony in the garden, the Sacrament, the leadup to the Crucifixion. And in this poem