So when he had washed their feet and put his garments back on and reclined at table again, he said to them, “Do you realize what I have done for you? You call me ‘teacher’ and ‘master,’ and rightly so, for indeed I am. If I, therefore, the master and teacher, have washed your feet, you ought to wash one another’s feet. I have given you a model to follow, so that as I have done for you, you should also do.” (Jn 13:1-15)
https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/040226-Supper.cfm
As I have done for you, you should also do. We don’t get to pick and choose when it comes to Jesus. Trying to turn Jesus into a justification for violence and war has been condemned by Pope Leo. We are called to follow Jesus. We are called to wash each other’s feet, to get low and serve one another and not exalt ourselves and lord it over others. https://youtu.be/mgdIspwSjgY?si=mzgELPA6rMHYsWC1
These reflections are a result of more than 40 years of ministry as a Roman Catholic priest. Most of these years I spent in the Diocese of Charlotte which covers Western North Carolina. Now I am retired, and live in Medellín, Colombia where I continue to serve as a priest in the Archdiocese of Medellín.
Holy Thursday, Evening Mass of the Lord’s Supper
