Holy Thursday (Maundy Thursday)

Key Verse : John 13 : 1-5

Meditation : "[Jesus] began to wash his disciples' feet."

                                       Imagine washing the feet of family members, friends, employees, employers, or enemies. It is an uncomfortable thought because it is so physical and so intimate. Jesus is calling us to related to one another as hospice nurses washing a terminally ill patient. What tenderness, gentleness, and acceptance there is on the part of nurse and patient in this act of vulnerability!

                                                 Perhaps that is why Jesus continues to sustain this prolonged personal contact in the Eucharist. As the Last Supper, the Eucharistic Celebration is about familial, human, essential things, where we too are touched, held and washed by Jesus in very intimate ways.

Prayer :

                                                Jesus, Wash from me the leprosy of self - hate. Wash me again and again until i can love myself because you have loved me, loved me enough to give your life for mine. When i receive you in the Eucharist, it is easy to be distracted or bored. Jesus! Impress on me how close you are at this precious moment. Break through my inner barriers with your intimate personal presence. Amen.