Maundy Thursday + 1 Corinthians 11:23-32 & John 13:1-15 + March 29, 2018
In the Name of the Father and the Son + and of the Holy Ghost. Amen. On the night in which our Lord was betrayed, before His suffering began, He gave two things to His church. The first is that which we heard about in tonight’s Gospel lesson. After finishing the Passover meal with His disciples, washes His disciple’s feet. This was not an ordinary foot washing. Ordinarily this was one of the first things that would happen before a meal. It was also typically done by a servant. It’s a humble task to wash the desert dust and grime from another’s feet. Yet Jesus takes this humble task upon Himself in order to teach His disciples two things. First, Christ wants to teach them what king of king and master He is. That Jesus would wash the feet of His disciples shows them that Jesus’ ministry is one of humble service to mankind. It is as He told them in Matthew 20:28, “ the Son of Man did not come to be served, but to serve. ” He shows them the nature of this service by taking upon Hi...