Tonight begins the Holy Triduum, the series of services from Maundy Thursday through Easter, commemorating the Passion, death, and resurrection of Jesus Christ.
We begin with the Maundy Thursday service, which remembers two things. First, it is a celebration of the anniversary of Christ's gift of the Lord's Supper to his disciples. On this night, Jesus gathered to share the Passover meal and gave new meaning to the ancient symbolism of the bread and wine.
Second, we will have a service of Tenebrae, which recalls the terrible details of Christ's arrest, trial, and crucifixion. This series of readings and special music, which comes after we strip the sanctuary of all its decorations to prepare for Good Friday, is accompanied by the extinguishing of light, representing the darkness of those events.
The service begins at 7:30.
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