Thursday, March 29, 2007
Gathering Numero 007! - Washing of the Feet-
We did it! We achieved the target for the day that is to learn how important this liturgy is to us.
All in all, it was indeed an educational session from a biblical point of view. We shall see what in store for us in our next gathering! ;)
Read John 13:1-15 to know exactly what it is about and how did it strike you.
We read it, reflected on it and then discussed what we each felt what the passage was trying to tell us. All in all, we learnt that we have to learn to be humble to anyone despite their status or name (we outta like it). As the saying goes - We live to SERVE and NOT to be Served.
Love & Serve
"Jesus, knowing that his hour had come…loved them to the end."
"Jesus, knowing that his hour had come…loved them to the end."
The life of everyone is colored and directed (you might even say consecrated) by some private moments - the moment your mother really spoke to you, heart to heart, the moment your father kept a promise, or your friend gave you a piece of advice.
It was the same with Jesus' apostles that evening. He was alone with them in that upper room. He had invited them, they had eaten, drunk, broken bread, and shared wine, just as we do. For them, however, that evening had been much more private, much more personal, especially when he had washed their feet.
Having your feet washed is something very private, very personal, and very powerful. After a tiring trip, have your feet ever been washed by someone who loved you? Did you ever wash and massage the feet of someone you loved? Do it once, and you, too, will know what I am talking about.
He had washed their feet, he had dried them - in a way he had consecrated them. And it was at that moment that he had said to them - 'I am sending you, you have to go, if you want to be faithful to me.' And though they were very ambitious, very shallow, very consumer-minded, very competitive, and very contentious, they never forgot that moment.
Moments like that kept them together with him and with one another. It is those private moments with someone we love and respect that keep us together, that keep us faithful at unexpected moments in our lives.
Don't you remember a happening, an event, a private moment that determined and still determines your life's direction?
It was the same with Jesus' apostles that evening. He was alone with them in that upper room. He had invited them, they had eaten, drunk, broken bread, and shared wine, just as we do. For them, however, that evening had been much more private, much more personal, especially when he had washed their feet.
Having your feet washed is something very private, very personal, and very powerful. After a tiring trip, have your feet ever been washed by someone who loved you? Did you ever wash and massage the feet of someone you loved? Do it once, and you, too, will know what I am talking about.
He had washed their feet, he had dried them - in a way he had consecrated them. And it was at that moment that he had said to them - 'I am sending you, you have to go, if you want to be faithful to me.' And though they were very ambitious, very shallow, very consumer-minded, very competitive, and very contentious, they never forgot that moment.
Moments like that kept them together with him and with one another. It is those private moments with someone we love and respect that keep us together, that keep us faithful at unexpected moments in our lives.
Don't you remember a happening, an event, a private moment that determined and still determines your life's direction?
Also, when Simon Peter questioned "Why Lord, you want to wash my feet!" Jesus said, "What I am doing you cannot understand now, but afterwards you will understand it." Then Peter replied, "You shall never wash my feet." Jesus answered, "If I do not wash you, you can have no part with me." Then Simon Peter said, "Lord, wash not only my feet, but also my hands and my head!" - Hmm, think for yourself ;)
After reflection, we did some washing of the feet ourselves! Imagine the stench.. Lol.. Nah, just kidding.. everything went well. We all did it willingly and thats the spirit ;)
All in all, it was indeed an educational session from a biblical point of view. We shall see what in store for us in our next gathering! ;)
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