Oh, what it must have been like — after the death and resurrection — to remember these acts, and these words and their meaning.
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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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To really listen
And he asks: “Do you see and can you hear and will you live the life of heaven on earth?”
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Embrace dying within so that new life may emerge
This, of course, goes far beyond Good Friday and Easter Sunday. We are a Paschal people who embrace this not on just a couple of days, but as a way of life.
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We are all sinners and in need of God’s mercy
How have we grown? How have we changed? Did we experience God’s mercy and forgiveness in any noticeable way this Lent? Were we a little less judgmental of others this Lent?
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No longer servants, but friends
We can be friends with the living God! All we need to do is accept his request. Jesus is inviting us to be his follower and friend. He is inviting us to share in his holiness, in his divine nature. He is calling us to be like him here on earth so that we will see our Father’s face in heaven.
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