YOU SHALL NEVER WASH MY FEET

PRAYER PAUSE

Holy Thursday, 29 March 2018

YOU SHALL NEVER WASH MY FEET

Enter into the stillness of God within.

Reading: “At the moment you do not know what I am doing, but later you will understand.” “Never!” said Pater, “you will never wash my feet.” (John 13:1-15)

Reflection. We come to the three peak days, charged with evants that will have perennial meaning. The symbolic act of washing his disciples’ feet shocks them to the core.  Peter expresses their common sentiment; “You shall never …”  The meaning of what Jesus does hits them: he goes down on his knees to wash their grubby feet – the action of a servant, the lowest in the household. This is not the Messiah of their imagination. And their protest rings down the centuries. The Church has not found it comfortable to live this servant message. In fact history oten shows her in a contrary light.  But each generation - and this is such a sharp challenge today – is called to live out this servant call; the Church is the servant of humanity.

Prayer. Lord, may we be servants to one another, especially those who are weakest and often forgotten. Amen