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GOSPEL POWER I APRIL 14, 2022 - THURSDAY
GOSPEL POWER I APRIL 14, 2022
HOLY THURSDAY
Gospel: Jn 13:1-15
1 Now before the festival of the Passover, Jesus knew that his hour had come to depart from this world and go to the Father. Having loved his own who were in the world, he loved them to the end. 2 The devil had already put it into the heart of Judas son of Simon Iscariot to betray him. And during supper 3 Jesus, knowing that the Father had given all things into his hands, and that he had come from God and was going to God, 4 got up from the table, took off his outer robe, and tied a towel around himself. 5 Then he poured water into a basin and began to wash the disciples’ feet and to wipe them with the towel that was tied around him. 6 He came to Simon Peter, who said to him, “Lord, are you going to wash my feet?” 7 Jesus answered, “You do not know now what I am doing, but later you will understand.” 8 Peter said to him, “You will never wash my feet.” Jesus answered, “Unless I wash you, you have no share with me.” 9 Simon Peter said to him, “Lord, not my feet only but also my hands and my head!” 10Jesus said to him, “One who has bathed does not need to wash, except for the feet, but is entirely clean. And you are clean, though not all of you.” Holy Thursday 11For he knew who was to betray him; for this reason he said, “Not all of you are clean.” 12After he had washed their feet, had put on his robe, and had returned to the table, he said to them, “Do you know what I have done to you? 13You call me Teacher and Lord – and you are right, for that is what I am. 14So if I, your Lord and Teacher, have washed your feet, you also ought to wash one another’s feet. 15For I have set you an example, that you also should do as I have done to you.”
Omnipotence has always been regarded as an attribute of God. All power resides in God. But in this world, the only notion we have of power is how we observe human beings exercise it — primarily through control and domination over others. And we cannot help but project that same notion onto God. Jesus, who is the image of the invisible God, in a shocking reversal of that notion, shows us that God’s thoughts are not our thoughts, nor are God’s ways our ways (cf. Is 55:8). God’s omnipotence is the omnipotence of love. Only divine power can empty itself of glory and embrace servanthood, become vulnerable, and enter into the realm of death for the sake of others. This omnipotence of love is what we see demonstrated in the act of foot-washing. The action is an anticipation of the sacrifice on Calvary, where Jesus will also empower us to wash one another’s feet and thus witness to the power of love.
Lord Jesus, grant that we may never recoil from the task of washing one another’s feet, but lovingly commit ourselves to this mandate of Christian love. Amen.
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GOSPEL POWER I APRIL 14, 2022
HOLY THURSDAY
Gospel: Jn 13:1-15
1 Now before the festival of the Passover, Jesus knew that his hour had come to depart from this world and go to the Father. Having loved his own who were in the world, he loved them to the end. 2 The devil had already put it into the heart of Judas son of Simon Iscariot to betray him. And during supper 3 Jesus, knowing that the Father had given all things into his hands, and that he had come from God and was going to God, 4 got up from the table, took off his outer robe, and tied a towel around himself. 5 Then he poured water into a basin and began to wash the disciples’ feet and to wipe them with the towel that was tied around him. 6 He came to Simon Peter, who said to him, “Lord, are you going to wash my feet?” 7 Jesus answered, “You do not know now what I am doing, but later you will understand.” 8 Peter said to him, “You will never wash my feet.” Jesus answered, “Unless I wash you, you have no share with me.” 9 Simon Peter said to him, “Lord, not my feet only but also my hands and my head!” 10Jesus said to him, “One who has bathed does not need to wash, except for the feet, but is entirely clean. And you are clean, though not all of you.” Holy Thursday 11For he knew who was to betray him; for this reason he said, “Not all of you are clean.” 12After he had washed their feet, had put on his robe, and had returned to the table, he said to them, “Do you know what I have done to you? 13You call me Teacher and Lord – and you are right, for that is what I am. 14So if I, your Lord and Teacher, have washed your feet, you also ought to wash one another’s feet. 15For I have set you an example, that you also should do as I have done to you.”
Omnipotence has always been regarded as an attribute of God. All power resides in God. But in this world, the only notion we have of power is how we observe human beings exercise it — primarily through control and domination over others. And we cannot help but project that same notion onto God. Jesus, who is the image of the invisible God, in a shocking reversal of that notion, shows us that God’s thoughts are not our thoughts, nor are God’s ways our ways (cf. Is 55:8). God’s omnipotence is the omnipotence of love. Only divine power can empty itself of glory and embrace servanthood, become vulnerable, and enter into the realm of death for the sake of others. This omnipotence of love is what we see demonstrated in the act of foot-washing. The action is an anticipation of the sacrifice on Calvary, where Jesus will also empower us to wash one another’s feet and thus witness to the power of love.
Lord Jesus, grant that we may never recoil from the task of washing one another’s feet, but lovingly commit ourselves to this mandate of Christian love. Amen.