Deep Calls to Deep Holy Thursday
First, John connects the Foot Washing scene (ch. 13) with Jesus’ death on the cross through the noun, telos – Knowing his hour had come… “He loved them to the end, to the finish, to the fullness.” Then, before Jesus died, John wrote: John 19:28 (NRSV) — 28 After this, when Jesus knew that all was […]
Holy Thursday Homily – Mass of the Lord’s Supper
In chapter 9 of “In the Midst of Our Storms,” I proposed a focus for the foot washing other than service: As we identify with Simon Peter’s resistance, we can discover a part of our lives heretofore neglected – our precious and terrible vulnerability. And I proposed this again on Holy Thursday (3/24)… and with a slight […]
Deep Calls to Deep 