And ye shall say unto the goodman of the house, The Master saith unto thee, Where is the guestchamber, where I shall eat the passover with my disciples?
And wheresoever he shall go in, say ye to the goodman of the house, The Master saith, Where is the guestchamber, where I shall eat the passover with my disciples?
The penitents were to be able to join in the Easter celebrations;therefore they had to be "reconciled" on the day before the Paschal Triduum began, that is, on Maundy Thursday.