MY daily reflection and prayer:
Holy Turhsday, March 24, 2016
The Holy Week
Dear my friends,
Here is the Gospel for us today according to St. John 13:1-15
Now before the feast of the Passover, when Jesus knew that his hour had come to depart out of this world to the Father, having loved his own who were in the world, he loved them to the end. And during supper, when the devil had already put it into the heart of Judas Iscariot, Simon’s son, to betray him, Jesus, knowing that the Father had given all things into his hands, and that he had come from God and was going to God, rose from supper, laid aside his garments, and girded himself with a towel. Then he poured water into a basin, and began to wash the disciples’ feet, and to wipe them with the towel with which he was girded.
He came to Simon Peter; and Peter said to him, “Lord, do you wash my feet?” Jesus answered him, “What I am doing you do not know now, but afterward you will understand.” Peter said to him, “You shall never wash my feet.” Jesus answered him, “If I do not wash you, you have no part in me.” Simon Peter said to him, “Lord, not my feet only but also my hands and my head!” Jesus said to him, “He who has bathed does not need to wash, except for his feet, but he is clean all over; and you are clean, but not every one of you.” For he knew who was to betray him; that was why he said, “You are not all clean.”
When he had washed their feet, and taken his garments, and resumed his place, he said to them, “Do you know what I have done to you? You call me Teacher and Lord; and you are right, for so I am. If I then, your Lord and Teacher, have washed your feet, you also ought to wash one anothers feet. For I have given you an example, that you also should do as I have done to you.
This is the Gospel of the Lord. Praise to you Lord Jesus Christ.
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TODAY is the Holy Thursday. We commemorate Jesus Christ who established the Eucharist. In the Last Supper, Jesus Christ washed the disciples’ feet and wiped them with the towel with which he was girded.
He knew that his hour had come to pass from this world to the Father. He knew the trials that were soon to crush his mortal body. All would prove his endless love.
He loves us to the end. Hia love endures anything. His love can draw forth good even from the worst of situations. His love redeems us. As he has said, “There is no greater love than to lay one’s life down for one’s friends.”
Tonight, we will be with him in prayer and adoration. We wish to accompany him closely on the road to Calvary from Gethsemane. In the Perpetual Adoration of the Eucharist we contemplate his endless love so that we will be able to rest in his endless love.
Let’s pray: Lord Jesus Christ, we know that you have loved us with an eternal love. Help us to spread your love to everyone. Grant us the humility and charity to imitate your virtues. We wish to learn to wash the feet of others, so give us the grace to let down our defenses and simply reach out to do good, without worrying how others may react to us now and forever. Amen.
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