Year A - Good Thursday - Mass of the Last Supper

Good Thursday - Mass of the Last Supper - Year A

Exodus 12, 1 - 14

Psalm 115

1 Corinthians 11, 23 - 26

John 13, 1 - 15

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Details

- Foot washing was a job for slaves, for servants. Jesus wants to show his disciples that you must put yourself at the other one's service, that you must consider them as being above yourself. Therefore, he's on his knees, he's "beneath", contrary to St Peter who is "above".

- The only time when Jesus is "above" is when he's being put there, when he is "put up", on the cross, in a state of total despoliation

- Saint Peter is completely stuck in the way he sees Christ. On the picture, he's in a corner and can't move

- What will make him move is when he will disown Jesus three times. Sometimes, to get back on earth, we don't come down, we fall down

Questions

- There's a good thing about falling : you get to see misery. When you've fallen down, you experience the mercy of God who picks you up. When you've fallen down, you become more merciful and more humane towards those who fall. How does that meet my experience ? On which points do I never forgive ? Why ?

- Jesus, to come and meet me, never stops putting himself down. If I try to put myself up, I may miss him. Where are the places or the moments where he can meet me ? How do I encourage these meetings with him in my life ? In my week ? In my day ?