Wednesday 27 March 2013

27, Jn. 13: 1-17


As the custom of welcome of those days the servant of the household washed the feet of the traveler, who often walked barefoot, Jesus chooses to be that servant in this Gospel passage. The messages are:
a.     Jesus wants us to be servants who serve.
b.    Authority is to serve and not for showing off.
c.     It is a sacred act of purifying them just as baptism does
d.    It is a preparation before sharing the ‘Bread of Life’
e.     To allow ourselves to be washed clean by Jesus our Lord and Savior –sacrament of reconciliation.
f.       To be humble and merciful in the Eucharist
g.     No place of domination or self-glorification in Christian leadership.

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