I will never forget 10 years ago walking with Little Sister Sarah, who for the first time shared with me the motto of The Community..."Wounded, I will not cease to love." "That is hard to do!" was my responce. "Yes, it is, but it is the message of the Lamb to us. We strive to live in this way."
As part of the final vows - Little Sister Marie washes their feet. She is the foundress of The Community and her words and actions are those of Christ in the Gospel today;
So when he had washed their feet
and put his garments back on and reclined at table again,
he said to them, "Do you realize what I have done for you?
You call me 'teacher' and 'master,' and rightly so, for indeed I am.
If I, therefore, the master and teacher, have washed your feet,
you ought to wash one another's feet.
I have given you a model to follow,
so that as I have done for you, you should also do."
John 13
This is Holy Thursday. This is when the Christ we are talking
about took an ordinary piece of bread and a little wine and changed it into
His Body and His Blood. … Remember this day always, year after year:
the day of Christ’s infinite love, when He went away
and yet He remained, in Bread and Wine, and in the priest. …
In His immense love, Christ chose men
who would have His hands and His feet, in whom He could walk,
in whom He could forgive sins, who could lift Him up, who could give us
the sacrament of the Most Holy Eucharist – the Bread and Wine,
which He said makes for everlasting life!
The incredible love of God is visible to us! ..."
Catherine de Hueck Doherty
https://familysoulstory.blogspot.com/p/johns-cancer-stories.html
Here we go, O Lord, into the Triduum! Today we recall your glorious plan to continue here in your Body and Blood to nourish us for the journey! May many men say "yes" to your call! May we sacrifice and give without counting the cost and die to self so that you may work within us. May we wash the feet of others humbly loving and serving! Jesus, we trust in you. Bless-bless, Barb
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