April 1, 2021 https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/040121-Evening.cfm Put yourself at the Last Supper. The meal has just begun. All of Jesus’ closest disciples are present—a rabble of people called out of fishing boats, tax collecting offices, brothels, and gangs—who followed him these three years through his long and winding road to Jerusalem. They are family now. Here they are seated at table during the Passover season. It is an explosive time, fraught and tense with religious expectations and fear of a Roman garrison. Yet the excitement of a palm waving parade into the city is still fresh. It is good to be here and good to eat together. And then Jesus does something shocking. The Lord and Master strips down to his undergarments and gets on knees with a pitcher and bowl. He signals that he is going to do the filthy, shameful wor...
These posts are the collected homilies of Deacon Ned Berghausen, permanent deacon of the Catholic Archdiocese of Louisville, assigned to St. Agnes Catholic Church. The title "Foot Washer" refers to the Last Supper (John 13:1-20) in which Jesus washed the feet of the apostles and challenged them, "“Do you realize what I have done for you? 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."