I once knew a church with a bitchin' potluck every Maundy Thursday. Sadly, both in and out of character, I'm not exactly the best around Catholicism

No worries, I'm only Protestant.

But yeah, this is basically a potluck; three different kinds of breads, five different soups, and grapes.

Nice!

The service should be starting in a few minutes.

Huh, this is the first time I've heard of Maundy Thursday

GothEatsJackOLanterns: It's not one of the better-known holidays. I only knew about it because I went to a university where we got the entire Holy Weekend (Thurs-Mon) off and because my brother

had a sleepover with his best friend for, like, three years where we'd go to evening services, pick him up, and then deposit his smug blonde ass back on his doorstep on either Friday or Saturday

Hah

I'm just surprised because Mom's parents are Catholic... though it's possible it was mentioned when I was very young and I just didn't pay attention

It's not as closely observed as the big ones, but the stripping of the sanctuary's pretty damn powerful

^Just did that. Symbolic of Jesus' humiliation at the hands of the soldiers on the night he was betrayed.

very solemn and a bit emotionally burned out after that service.

Oh, yeah. Do they drop the lights at your church?

We didn't drop the lights, but there was no benediction and everyone left in complete silence

I kind of got emotionally choked up during the sermon, too, so the solemn feel really had an impact on me.