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Catholic Charities USA
Holy Thursday
Readings of the Day
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Day after day we must take up the Basin and the Towel...
These lyrics by Christian artist Michael Card come to mind for me
every Holy Thursday. This year the meaning is bittersweet, as we will
not be able to publicly celebrate the Mass of the Lord's Supper
with the Washing of Feet. Yet we can still read today's gospel
and imagine Jesus as He took up the basin and the towel to wash the
feet of his shocked disciples, including the most resistant one of
all, Simon Peter.
What Jesus did was more than simply a mandate to serve; it points to
our need for that gentle washing away of our brokenness, fears, pain,
and divisions. This is the daily work of Catholic Charities, even in
these most difficult of times. And it is the work of our daily lives
as disciples of Jesus.
We take up the basin and the towel in marriage, parenting, and
friendships: helping a spouse during rehab; tending a sick child; or
checking on a homebound parishioner. Think of someone who has been
quarantined long before Covid 19, patiently taking care of a spouse
with Alzheimer's 24/7!
Perhaps now more than ever, we have opportunities to take up the basin
and the towel as we are quarantined in our homes, having perhaps to
temporarily home school our children, and trying to keep each
other's spirits up during this scary time.
Another line in that song speaks of the greatest challenge to foot
washing: one must kneel and one must yield. I think we are all much
better at kneeling and serving, than yielding and letting others serve
us. It is often harder to receive, than give.
It's not easy to give up control, and let another do for us - in other
words, have our feet washed. We see this in Peter, who at first
vehemently objected to letting Jesus wash his feet.
But our journey of life and faith is a blend of
both kneeling and yielding; and we have the perfect
example of this in Jesus Himself.
Jesus kneels to wash the feet of His disciples, not only as
an example for us all, but anticipating how He will wash us of our
sins come Good Friday, His ultimate act of loving service.
Jesus also yields to what is asked of Him in the garden of
Gethsemane, namely the Cross. And He continues to yield to us in the
person of the poor, sick, refugee, immigrant - all those most
vulnerable who have need of our love and care. What you do for these
least ones, you do for me! Might we see Jesus yielding in those who
come for our services?
So, whether in our Catholic Charities programs or quarantined in our
homes, let us take up the basin and the towel, ready to kneel and
serve the needs of others, but also at times, to yield and let
others serve us.
Deacon Lucio Caruso if Director of Mission at Catholic Charities of
Louisville and a member of the CCUSA Parish Social Ministry Leadership
Team.
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