Maundy Thursday

Tonight is known as Maundy Thursday in the Christian frame of reference, but I am willing to bet not all christians know its meaning or maybe even care. My first thought tonight is that supper could not be replicated tonight without leaving out three of the figures. In our time of limited gathering and size restrictions on gathering, it may be a good time to know what maundy means. According to Google, it is derived from the Latin word for command. That certainly seems appropriate especially Maundy Thursday 2020. But my feeling is that if a lot of people had taken to heart the command that is being referred to here, we would have less use for all the other commands. The command I refer to is very simply “love one another as I have loved you”. Simple straight to the point and all inclusive. YES, inclusive not exclusive. No matter who you are, who you love, who you worship simply love one another. It is not difficult and it is really not an arguable point. I don’t think anyone would disagree that the world is a circle and there is not anyone who is in this world that is outside of the circle except the people on the space station. And even with them, there is a force keeping them in orbit of the circle earth. When I was 17, I wondered why it was so hard for people to love one another. Now with those two digits reversed I wonder why people find it so hard to love one another. And in all those years between 17 and 71, I haven’t heard one good reason.