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| Summary: There are many valid ways to approach God in Christ. But once we are there in his presence, a towel and a basin of water will be waiting for us. God himself will serve us. As a generous host, he will gently wash our feet. He makes us clean and welcome in his presence.
But then God hands the towel and the basin to us, saying, “There are feet that need washing. As I have washed your feet, so you must wash each others.”
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| Summary: The story of Jesus washing his disciples’ feet has a rather obvious meaning: that we are to serve one another. But the description of Jesus laying aside his garments for this task points back to his words about the good shepherd who lays down his life for the sheep. Taking the role of a slave and washing his disciples’ feet points to the meaning of his death and resurrection, a cleansing from sin and restoration of true faith in God. |
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| Summary: Jesus act of washing his disciples’ feet was a demonstration of love. That love is not so much something we understand as something we begin to live into as we consider his sacrifice. |
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| Summary: Jesus asks us, along with his disciples at their last dinner together, “Do you know what I have done to you?” Among the many things we know, the ways of God — and the mysteries of Holy Week — are perhaps the hardest. We, no less than the disciples, find ourselves dazed and confused. Jesus directs us again to the path of knowledge, which means following his example — washing feet, serving others, giving our lives away. Doing what Jesus did helps us know who Jesus is. |
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| Summary: Jesus calls us to experiences of being cleansed and of serving others. We resist both experiences. If we open ourselves to this call from Jesus, we will discover the joy of forgiveness and the meaning of service. |
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| Summary: Whether it’s called Communion, the Mass, Eucharist, the Agape or the Love Feast, Jesus shared it with his disciples in love. As disciples of Jesus today, we must never lose sight of the love that is at the center of our gathering, love for Jesus, love of Jesus, love for each other. |
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| Summary: So often we fail to serve others, but Jesus serves us instead.
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| Summary: Just as Jesus washed the feet of the disciples and prepared them for the journey, we are called to show compassion and love to others on the journey. |
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| Summary: In this passage telling of Jesus’ final action before his crucifixion, we see Jesus presenting himself to his followers as both servant and host. Acting upon the example he gives involves coming to terms with our Lord in both of these roles. |
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| Summary: Humble service is at the heart of Christian discipleship. |
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| Summary: Jesus sets a simple example of service — not only of giving service, but of receiving it. He shows those who claim his name how to treat one another. In this tableau of enacted love, the church and the world are shown what it is to live in anticipation of the kingdom of God coming amongst us. |
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| Summary: Jesus calls us to become something beyond what the world considers successful or even practical. Rather than calling us to a list of rules, he calls us to become something that can only happen with practice -- loving one another. But once practiced, it can become second nature. |
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| Summary: There is an amazing encounter between Jesus and Peter on the beach by Lake Galilee, where Jesus re-commissioned Peter to ‘feed his sheep’ … to show love and compassion and pastoral concern for those who were in need. That is a commission that rests on each one of us to varying degrees. |
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| Summary: In the last hours of his life, Jesus calls us to become something beyond what the world considers successful or even practical. Rather than calling us to a list of rules, he calls us to become something that can only happen with practice -- loving one another. But once practiced, it can become second nature. |
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| Summary: Even as we celebrate the joy of Christ’s resurrection and the reawakening of the earth in spring, there may be among us people who are experiencing a wintry form of spirituality — one in which the absence of God and the absence of loved ones is felt sharply and desperately. In preparing his disciples for his own absence, Jesus speaks a commandment to love one another and to cling to that love. |
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| Summary: As Jesus prepares his disciples for his death and resurrection, his glorification, he gives them a new commandment: to love one another as he loved them. This new commandment should be the normal mark of every Christian today. |
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| Summary: Jesus challenges his followers to make a radical vision of love the basis for their lives, the life of the church and the hope of the world. |
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