Holy Thursday - Footwashing:
Peter symbolizes all of us as he protests, “You will never wash my feet!” (Jn 13:8). Sometimes we think we are being heroic in not letting God love us. Yet only when Peter allows Jesus to minister to him does he experience Jesus’ meaning.
Service – Faith:
In the washing of the feet at the Last Supper, Jesus showed us that He came to serve; not to be served, even if this meant costing Him His life. Is your faith more focused on serving the needs of others or the salvation of your own soul? What is the Lord challenging you?
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As we gaze upon Christ at the Last Supper, as he becomes for us the "bread that is broken", as he stoops down in humble service at the feet of the Apostles, how can we not experience, together with Peter, the same feeling of unworthiness in the face of the greatness of the gift received?
- John Paul the Great (Holy Thursday, 2001)
Peter symbolizes all of us as he protests, “You will never wash my feet!” (Jn 13:8). Sometimes we think we are being heroic in not letting God love us. Yet only when Peter allows Jesus to minister to him does he experience Jesus’ meaning.
Service – Faith:
In the washing of the feet at the Last Supper, Jesus showed us that He came to serve; not to be served, even if this meant costing Him His life. Is your faith more focused on serving the needs of others or the salvation of your own soul? What is the Lord challenging you?
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As we gaze upon Christ at the Last Supper, as he becomes for us the "bread that is broken", as he stoops down in humble service at the feet of the Apostles, how can we not experience, together with Peter, the same feeling of unworthiness in the face of the greatness of the gift received?
- John Paul the Great (Holy Thursday, 2001)
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