You Shall Never Wash My Feet

The Triduum has begun. Tonight we began with the Washing of the Feet and Last Supper. The above video was taken from our Mass celebration at St. Catherine of Siena. Below I have included some reflections about Holy Thursday.

St. Josemaria Escriva:

As He did with the first twelve, so also, with us, our Lord can and does whisper in our ear, time and again: 'exemplum dedi vobis' (John 13:15), I have given you an example of humility. I have become a slave, so that you too may learn to serve all men with a meek and humble heart (Friends of God, 103).

St. Thomas Aquinas:

We can also say that in this one act Our Lord showed all the works of mercy. He who gives bread to the hungry, washes his feet, as also does the man wTho harbours the harbourless or he who clothes the naked. (Meditations for Lent from St. Thomas Aquinas, 125)

St. Augustine:

Who would not shrink back in dismay from having his feet washed by the Son of God....You? Me? Words to be pondered on rather than spoken about, lest words fail to express their true meaning. (St. Augustine, "In Ioann. Evang.", 56,1).