[Campion]

In these parts, only the protestants call it that. I refuse to refer to it in my church by that name.

Ah, Des, "Maundy" is an antique English corruption of the Latin word "mandatum", the first word of a verse from the Gospel in the Vulgate, John 13:34:

Mandatum novum do vobis: ut diligatis invicem ...

"I give unto you a new commandment: that you love one another ..."

You can't really get a whole lot more Catholic than that. "Maundy Thursday" long predates the Reformation.

[Salvation]

Sorry I missed you in the post on Maundy Thursday. Please know that the word is Catholic in origin.

[Salvation]

Sorry I missed you in the post on Maundy Thursday. But you have the evidence too.

[Desdemona]

Thank you for the linguistics lesson. I call it Holy Thursday. It's always been that way to me. Part of it is because I grew up in a place not founded by the English, but the French.

I'm a creature of habit, and no that does not refer to my clothes.

I'll think about it, but some past experiences make that word a visceral reaction. Please, understand.