Bringing joy. Queen Elizabeth II penned a heartfelt letter to this year’s Maundy Gift recipients after the mass in their honor was canceled amid the coronavirus pandemic.Each year on Maundy Thursday, the Thursday before Easter Sunday, the queen, 94, distributes specially minted coins in order to recognize certain people’s outstanding Christian service.
The coins are handed out in a red-and-white purse in a tradition that dates back to 600 A.D.“I am delighted to send you the Maundy Gift which I hope you will accept as an expression of my personal thanks to you for all that you have done to enrich the life of your community,” Her Majesty wrote in the note sent to 190 recipients alongside their coin gifts on Thursday, April 1.The Monarch then
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