The Mass on Holy Thursday—also called Maundy Thursday—marks the endpoint of Lent and the beginning of the Paschal Triduum (which is the three day period before Easter: Holy Thursday, Good Friday, Holy Saturday). The Holy Thursday Mass celebrates Jesus's Last Supper with his disciples (which was a Passover Seder Meal). Several important things happened during this meal, which was celebrated on the night before Jesus was to be betrayed, tried, tortured, crucified and killed. It was at this meal that Jesus instituted the Eucharist for his followers. He also got on the floor and humbly washed the feet of his flustered disciples—the Mandatum which he enjoined them to imitate. And it was at this meal that Jesus provided important (final) lessons and instructions for his apostles, including the statement "I am the Way, the Truth and the Life" as recounted by Saint John (14:6).
The heavy cast iron bookends, shown above, bear this quote (on one of the pair). Its mate bears a quote by Saint Cardinal John Cardinal Newman. They were made in the Twenties or Thirties by Bradley & Hubbard (founded in 1852 in Meridan, Connecticut). They are crisply cast and finished with a golden bronze patina. Light hand-applied polychrome embellishments are still visible along the proscenium archway.
Click on the photo above to learn more about these handsome bookends.
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