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In the midst of the sorrow of Holy Week, we rejoice in the institution of the Eucharist. We use flowers and the color white for joy.

The washing of feet symbolizes the law of love and reflects the servanthood of leadership: we remember the story of Jesus washing the feet of his disciples. 

After Eucharist, the Altar and Sanctuary are stripped bare representing Jesus’ abandonment in the garden of Gethsemane and his being stripped of his clothes before crucifixion. At the end of the service we follow the sacrament to the Altar of Repose (in the chapel), symbolizing Jesus in the Garden of Gethsemane. We maintain silence as we leave.

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