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Bread and Wine, painting by Kjersti Timenes 2003 Supposing you knew you had only hours to live? What would you do with the time  left?  Jesus knew he was about die. What did he do? He shared a meal with friends. Today we  remember what Jesus did and said at that meal, before he was betrayed and arrested. Maundy Thursday is about doing what Jesus said, imitating what Jesus did. “Maundy” is from “mandatum’ or “command”. It refers to the mandates given by Jesus at the Last Supper. What were these? to share bread and wine in remembrance of him to wash one another’s feet to love one another. 1. To share bread and wine in remembrance of Jesus This is how this command is passed on in one of the earliest books of the New Testament: "...the Lord Jesus on the night when he was betrayed took a loaf of bread, and when he had given thanks, he broke it and said, 'This is my body that is for you. Do this in remembrance of me.' In the same way ...