“Unless I wash you, you will have no inheritance with me” (John 13:8). Holy Thursday. Ex 12:1-8, 11-14; 1 Cor 11:23-26; Jn 13:1-15. There are many details worth noting in this familiar account ...

At the Last Supper, Jesus washes the feet of his disciples. After doing so, he tells the disciples to go out and wash the feet of others, saying “No servant is greater than his master, ...

The ancient rite of foot washing, which recalls Jesus' actions at the Last Supper, was both a humbling and spiritual experience for the men. Ministers and priests repeated the act at churches ...

Mercifully, St. Peter gives us a model answer when he says to Jesus, if you insist on washing my feet, then wash all of me as well. It is a commencement speech, however brief, as he pledges his ...

Central NY News; Ceremony follows Jesus' directive to 'wash one another's feet' Published: ; Apr. 02, 2010, 1:02 a.m.

Two of the 12 were young women, a remarkable choice given that the rite re-enacts Jesus' washing of the feet of his male disciples. The Mass was held in the Casal del Marmo facility in Rome, ...

The Biblical story of Jesus washing his disciple's feet turns the paradigm on its ear by having the "master" serve his "followers." "The Easter season is about understanding who Jesus was, that he was ...

Even Peter refused, and told him: “You will never wash my feet” (Jn 13:8). In those days, it was the custom to wash someone’s feet when they came to your home. That was how they welcomed people.

In memory of Jesus washing the apostles’ feet, eight men had their feet washed at the Mass of the Lord’s Supper on Thursday at St. Patrick Roman Catholic Church, Pottsville.“It’s an ...