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We gather today to celebrate Maundy-Thursday, the “Holy

 Thursday” observance n the !cottsh "te cha#ter o$ "ose %ro&'

 Ty#cally observed on Thursday, s also called the “The day o$ the

!u##er o$ the (ord” and “The )ay o$ Mysteres”' Ths observance

#recedes the ty#cal *aster !unday and *aster s the +rst !undaya$ter the $ull oon hch ha##ens on the vernal e.uno& on or

a$ter March 21st'

or the observance o$ Maundy-Thursday, the "ose %ro& has a

ban.uet as a eoral servce to the nghts o$ the "ose %ro&

ho has #assed durng the #recedng year, ths s our Mystc

an.uet' ur observance o$ these nghts strengthens the tes o$

our brotherly love, #ast and #resent' We celebrate the lves o$ our

de#arted and #roote our rotherly love th our rethren andannd' The “Holy Thursday” s celebrated across any d4erent

relgons, ncludng both %hrstans and 5es durng the vernal

e.uno&, hether t be the observaton o$ the Holy Thursday,

assover, or arsee' *ach havng ther on rtual, close to the

vernal e.uno&'

%ha#ters o$ "ose %ro& nghts should hold ths reebrance to

coeorate the lves o$ those ho or to #rove all o$

annd' reeasonry s a duty to annd and a #ractce, hch

o$ten re.ures a lot o$ #ersonal sacr+ces, dedcaton and should

bene+t the good o$ huanty

 The !cottsh "te holds ths annual reebrance every year, as

e gather throughout the orld to rea7r our $ath n the

$raternty o$ annd' The cereony ncludes a $east, $olloed by

the e&tngushng o$ the candles and the relghtng o$ the candles

on *aster !unday' “8 ne coandent 9 gve unto you, That ye

love one another” :5ohn 13;3a?areth as he broe bread th hs dsc#les at the lastsu##er' Tonght, e gathered to share a eal together, to brea

bread, observe ths reebrance, and the suble truth that all

en are brothers' We gathered to brea bread, drn the ne o$

re$reshent, and to reconcle th those that e ay have

o4ended' We reeber our dedcaton to all annd, our

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rethren and to celebrate the rebrth o$ the earth, as s#rng

coes u#on us'

"eeber our #ast nghts and coeorate ther lves' May

e or to #rove all o$ annd and rea7r $ath n the

$raternty o$ annd' We ho#e you en@oyed the reebrance

dnner ths evenng' >e&t e ll do a seres o$ toasts and then

there ll be an e&tngushng o$ the candles, on *aster !unday at

A 8M e ll relght the candles'