YOU SHALL NEVER WASH MY FEET

PRAYER MOMENT

Holy Thursday 24 March 2016   

YOU SHALL NEVER WASH MY FEET

Pause. Enter into the stillness of God within.

Reading: “Peter said to Jesus, “Lord, are you going to wash my feet?” Jesus answered, “At the moment you do not know what I am doing, but later you will understand.” “Never,” said Peter, “you will never wash my feet.” (John 13:1-15)

Reflection. Peter represents the world’s resistance to the kingdom of God that Jesus has come to proclaim and that resistance persists among us. Peter cannot conceive of the Lord going down on his knees and washing his feet. It is simply too much of a rupture of culture, tradition, custom. He stoutly resists. But Jesus has come to “break down the barrier” (Eph 2:14) that separates darkness from light. This gesture of washing their feet prefigures what he is about to undergo in his passion.

Prayer. Lord, may the barriers we place in your way be broken down this Easter. May we “catch fire” and welcome the new life you call us to. Amen