Jesus was the message, the messenger, the servant, the lover, the teacher, the master — and he paid the price with his very life. In this Gospel scene, those to whom he had poured out his love and teaching gave his very self to them; it was there among them that such rejection would take place.
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Embrace the darkness
Light and darkness — opposites, and yet inextricably connected to one another. Once the dawn appears, the daylight grows stronger and stronger until it is brilliant. And in the daylight, one can work and play and perform and affect so much for one’s self and for others.
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You must wash the feet of everyone
Jesus predicts, in a very indirect way, his coming death and shows this act of love as awareness and appreciation of his love and presence experienced in the now and predicted as a love and presence that would be eternally given.
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