My wife has very attractive feet. Mine, on the other hand, aren't. Every Holy Thursday, I reflect on this. I always say to myself, "I'm glad I'm not up there," as our pastor washes the feet of twelve people in imitation of Jesus washing the Apostles' feet at the commencement of the Last Supper. I admit it's a waste of time.
Jesus’s washing the Apostles’ feet points to the whole mystery of Christ, Benedict says. It points to “his service of salvation,
His devotion to the end, his descend even to the cross." His willingness to serve his friends in this way, even Judas, whom He knows will betray Him, foreshadows the even greater sacrifice He will make for us the next day.
On Jesus’s Road to Death
As we approach the final hours of Jesus' life, it is a solemn day. If we were present at the time, he would eat his final Passover supper with his disciples tonight.
As we approach the end of Jesus' life, this is a melancholy day. If we had been present at the time, he would have had his final Passover meal with his disciples tonight.
For tomorrow He will lay down his life for a people who hate him, a world who curse him, for debt he does not owe, for a wrath that is not his to bear.
For tomorrow He will lay down his life for a people who hate him, a world who curse him, for debt he does not owe, for a wrath that is not his to bear.