Religion
RC BISHOP NEIL SCANTLEBURY COMMEMORATES THE WASHING OF THE FEET
Bishop Neil Scantlebury washed and kissed the feet of 12 men last night during the Mass which symbolically recreated the Lord’s Supper. The day and the mass is one of the high points on the christian calendar, taking place on the day before Good Friday, called Maundy Thursday or Holy Thursday it commemorates the washing of the feet and last supper of Jesus Christ with the Apostles as described in the gospels. (maundy comes from the latin word mandatum or commandment)
It was at the supper before His death that Jesus Christ demonstrated humility to his disciples by washing and kissing their feet.
Bishop Neil preached that the act of washing and kissing someone’s foot is a deep and meaningful expression of love and service and an example that we should follow in our lives.
