Oh Nuts

Gospel Reading: John 13:1-15 Photo by  Francois Pistorius  on  Unsplash Peter said to him, "You will never wash my feet." Jesus Answered him,  "Unless I wash you, you will have no inheritance with me." (John 13:8) Spend time in church or a quiet place, praying with Our Lord, and keep him company in the  Garden of Gethsemane as He awaits the suffering He is to endure.* *Taken from the 2019 Lenten Daily Devotional from the Basilica of The National Shrine of The Immaculate Conception.

Read: John 13:1-15 Unless I wash you...(John 13:8) What an astounding image the Lord gave his disciples and us of his love! The King of kings bends over us and humbly washes our feet. Such care and concern he shows for us, his people! This is the very nature of Jesus' love for us: it is so intense that it moved him to lower himself to take on the position of a servant for our sakes.  "You will never wash my feet" (John 13:8). How many times have we echoed Peter's words and tried to keep Jesus from ministering to us? Maybe we have thought we don't deserve such love. Or maybe we have thought we don't need to be washed clean. But to each of us, Jesus says, "Unless I wash you, you will have no inheritance with me." Unless we let him cleanse us and care for us, we will end up separated from him. Jesus wants to wash us, both in Baptism and in our everyday lives. He wants to help us and refresh us. Accepting that offer means quieting our he...