Part 7 Maundy Thursday - Stripping of the Altar

Part 7 Maundy Thursday: Commemorating the Last Supper with Psalm 22 lamentation and altar stripping - remembering what happened to Jesus in the Garden of Gethsemane and subsequent betrayal. This is the final part of our Maundy Thursday Church service. The lead singer and choirmaster is Simone Bernhard. The celebrant is Rev Robert Arnold, Rector, Trinity Episcopal Church, Fredonia, NY.

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[varsitynj]

@rswan5 LOL because the Altar Guild found black frontals in a drawer when they reorganized the sacristy.

[rswan5]

@rcortese211 Well, there wasn't communion at the Good Friday service.

BTW, I'm a lutheran.

[rcortese211]

@rswan5  it says in the rite of distribution , roman pontifical, there AT ALL TIMES should be one cloth on the altar with dist. of communion.

[josey165]

I totally agree! Very emotional & moving too.

[rswan5]

Last Maundy Thursday, my church stripped its altar, but on Good Friday they put the black paraments and altar cloth on it. I thought, "Do that and the whole stripping of the altar becomes pointless. Why take the elements off if you're going to put them back the next day anyway?" It's odd because normally the altar remains stripped bare through the Easter Vigil; the way it's supposed to be.

[DaddyMedic]

In my church, the Alter is stripped in silence, and in almost complete dark.... interesting to see the difference in congregations.

[901cleo]

I am Episcopalian. The stripping of the altar while Psalm 22 is chanted is one of the most dramatic events of the church year.

Nothing is more haunting, profound and desolate than this part of Maundy Thurday.

[SNL918]

this is very dramatic