{"id":2407,"date":"2009-04-10T00:50:00","date_gmt":"2009-04-10T00:50:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/religionprof\/2009\/04\/maundy-thursday\/"},"modified":"2009-04-10T00:50:00","modified_gmt":"2009-04-10T00:50:00","slug":"maundy-thursday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/religionprof\/2009\/04\/maundy-thursday.html","title":{"rendered":"Maundy Thursday"},"content":{"rendered":"<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\">\n<html><head><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><meta http-equiv=\"content-type\" content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\"><\/head><body><p>The service our pastor arranged for Maundy Thursday was powerful and profound. He got members of the congregation to recite (and in some cases they <em>performed<\/em>) monologues reflecting various participants in the events leading up to the crucifixion: Judas, the high priest\u2019s servant, Claudia Procula and Herod. It was interspersed with readings and hymns, we celebrated communion, and near the end the pastor and I performed \u201c<a href=\"http:\/\/www.christian-lyrics.net\/third-day\/thief-lyrics.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Thief<\/a>\u201d by <em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.christianlyricsonline.com\/artists\/third-day\/thief.html\" class=\" decorated-link\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\">Third Day<\/a><\/em>.<\/p>\n<p>When it was over, we left (as we had been instructed to) in silence \u2013 no hand shaking on the way out, no benediction. 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