PRAYER MOMENT
Holy
Thursday 2 April 2015
DO
YOU UNDERSTAND?
Pause. Enter into the stillness of God
within.
Reading: “When he had washed their
feet and put on his clothes again he went back to the table. ‘Do you understand,’
he said, ‘what I have done to you?’” (John 13:1-15)
Reflection. This day used to be called
Maundy Thursday and, in a way, I wish it still was. The word comes from the
Latin ‘mandatum’, English ‘mandate’, meaning the day when the Lord gave us a
command to ‘wash each other’s feet.’ Washing the disciples’ feet was a sign of
everything God had done since the Passover in Egypt up to this moment when he
was about to enter his Passion. It has often been noted that John places this
act where the other writers place the institution of the Eucharist which itself
is the New Covenant, the fulfilment of the Passover. The new Passover would
release an energy that sent the disciples all over the world. It is an energy,
a mandate, that is still alive and with us today.
Prayer. Lord, teach us to ‘wash
each others’ feet’ by serving one another, especially the weakest and poorest
and all our ‘enemies.’ Amen.
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