Prayer Prompt before reading JN 13:1-15: Come, Holy Spirit, teach me how to pray well, interpret the Scriptures for me so that I may know the Truth about who God the Father is and God the Son so that I may know who I am.
“I HAVE GIVEN YOU A MODEL TO FOLLOW, SO THAT AS I HAVE DONE FOR YOU, YOU SHOULD ALSO DO.” JN 13:1-15
Humbly submit your will to God (Thy Will be done) and consecrate yourself to the Sacred Heart of Jesus through Mary and Joseph.
Today, Holy Thursday, the Institution of the priesthood and Eucharist, Jesus gives us the first Mass. In John’s Gospel, he does not use the words of institution but rather focuses on the washing of the disciples feet. Jesus provides a model that mirrors the crucifixion. The lowliest Jewish slave did not wash his master’s feet.
This symbolizes the crucifixion. Some scripture scholar’s believe the washing of the feet symbolizes baptism. The teaching Christ is handing on to us is to be selfless. This is the call of young men who want to serve God in the priesthood. “There is no greater love than to lay one’s life down for one’s friends.” JN 15:13
God became a Man to show us how much the Father loves us, to redeem us by giving His own life up to atone for every sin, and be a model of holiness. This is true love. There is no greater love. This is what our hearts are truly yearning for. We are fulfilled when we are selfless and give up ourselves for the other, when we learn to serve. Enter each room asking how you can help.
Get off of our screens and spend time with humans giving and receiving. Sacrifice what you want for the benefit of the other. At the heart of Holy Thursday, Jesus teaches us to be other-centered. It takes a lifetime, a vocation, and training our mind to wake each day and be other-centered. If you make this choice, the rewards are eternal!
Today’s challenge: Take time to go to watch the Easter Triduum, Holy Thursday, Good Friday, and Holy Saturday, the three highest feast days on all of the Church calendar. How did these events change YOUR life forever and all of human history? If it is all about another long weekend to spend more time on yourself, what are your priorities? Jesus opens wide His heart for you, gives up His life for you, and desires a personal relationship with you. The hardest part, you have to CHANGE! We hate change and we are afraid. Ask God for His grace, it transforms what sin has damaged.
Be a servant, become a saint!
#Christian YODO (You Only Die Once; we will live again!)
“’There is no greater love than to lay one’s life down for one’s friends.’ JN 15:13″ This stood out to me because in my opinion there is greater love by laying down your life for your enemies.
Jesus loved his own “to the end”. This does not just mean until his death, but to the fullest extent. Even while aware that he held “everything in his power” and that Judas was about to betray him, Jesus chose to use that power not to dominate, but to serve.
It was telling me to get out of my comfort zone and try doing things I could not do before!
In the Gospel today, Jesus washes the feet of His disciples. He does this to show that even though he won’t be with us on Earth, he is with us in spirit. We need to let Jesus take over, and give our life to him. If we don’t have him in our hearts, we won’t know what to live for. If we have him, we will have a better relationship with him.
Jesus was so stressed and worried during the last supper and especially the agony in the garden, but He had trust in God that He would get through. This is how we must be; willing to follow God’s will and to not look back. So ask God today to give you the faith needed to get through
We are the lowest of the low but Jesus the Son of God will wash our feet because of His love. His love is so great for us that He died on the cross just for us.
This is saying that even if we do good things ourselves we cannot enter heaven unless we are washed by God’s grace.
“I HAVE GIVEN YOU A MODEL TO FOLLOW, SO THAT AS I HAVE DONE FOR YOU, YOU SHOULD ALSO DO.” JN 13:1-15. Something that stood out to me about this is that Jesus is saying that he has given us a model to follow and that we should spread the word of God just like Jesus did when he was on earth.
a reliship is more important that a couple videos. we should turn to humans not code. the chance you to be alive is almost 0 but God does it any way. he put us on this earth to do something not just play videogames or watch videos he need us to do something with are lives. Jesus didn’t die for no reason, he didn’t suffer for that reason. He loves us all.
I think this scripture is just here to remind us how much God loves us. From creating us and everything we love too sending his son down and having him sacrifice himself too lift the burden of our sin off of us. We need to recognize more how much God love us, what we really need to think about is how much we love him. When we sin he doesnt grow farther from us, we grow farther from him.
“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,
so that as I have done for you, you should also do.”
This part stuck out to me the most, because it talks about how we should follow Gods example, to help each other seek the Lord. Jesus wanted Judas to find the Lord, so he washed their feet, which would clean there soul. Jesus wants all of our souls to be clean, so we can go straight to him
In today’s Gospel Jesus is washing the feet of the disciples. Most protested but Jesus told them “Whoever has bathed has no need except to have his feet washed, for he is clean all over; so you are clean, but not all.” He is saying that whoever has bathed (reconciliation) will be clean all over but some are not clean because they have not reconciled.
“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, so that as I have done for you, you should also do.” This verse really stuck out to me because it is saying that he is setting an example for how we should treat each other and spread the word of God to everyone as He did. We can use this verse everyday of our lives by remembering to treat others how God would want us to and follow His example.
¨The hardest part, you have to CHANGE!¨ This stood out to me because we need to change our ways for God. We cant rely on confessions for our lives and expect that to get us into heaven. We cant make sacrifices that don’t matter
Jesus came to earth as a humble being not a righteous king. As he says in today’s gospel that he is our example and role model. Whatever we do unto others is what we are doing to him. So Jesus says to wash others feet just as he washed ours. Sometimes we don’t know what he is doing in our life but but we need to fully and completely trust in him.
God became a Man to show us how much the Father loves us, to redeem us by giving His own life up to atone for every sin, and be a model of holiness.Get off of our screens and spend time with humans giving and receiving.Spend more and more time with Jesus.
Jesus turned the bread to body and the wine to blood. He washed our feet so we can go out and wash others
Jesus showed his disciples how much he loved them by doing the job of a servant and washing their dirty feet. Even though he was their teacher, he did this to show that being a true leader means putting others first and helping them. He told his followers that because he served them, they must also be willing to serve and care for one another in the same kind way. By doing this, Jesus gave them a life lesson: to be a part of his team, you have to be humble enough to both receive help and give it to others
In today’s gospel, It talks about how jesus and his disciples were at the Last supper. Jesus wanted to wash everyones feet because it was the last time He will see them before the rises from the dead. Everyone does what Jesus said besides Peter. Jesus tells them that the master should wash the servants feet. We should serve others will love.
in today’s Gospel it talked about the last supper and how Jesus washes his disciples feet, I think this is very important because Jesus said, “Unless I wash you, you will have no inheritance with me.” He said this because Simon refused so Simon responded with. “Master, then not only my feet, but my hands and head as well.” In summary I think this is telling us to trust Jesus with our whole heart.
What stood out to me was this “What I am doing, you do not understand now, but you will understand later.” Because we know what that means now.
In todays Gospel Jesus unserstands that he is in trouble. He is fully aware of what is going to happen later and will know he is going to suffer. He then prepares for supper with his disiplces, knowing it will be his last, he decides to wash his diciples feet, they are very confused and refuse Jesus’ offer. Peter would not let his master wash his own feet. Then Peter said “then not only wash my feet but wash my head”. Jesus says to him for whoever bathe are clean everywhere as long as their feet have been cleaned. When he finishes washing there feet he says to them. You call me master, rightly so so what I have done for you tonight should be an example, for you to go out and wash others’ feet. God, Bless, Have a lovely Easter!
In today’s gospel Jesus says “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, so that as I have done for you, you should also do.” If Jesus cared for us then we should care for others. If Jesus prayed to God the Father then we should pray to God the Father.
In the Gospel, Jesus becomes like a servant and washes the Apostles’ feet. God did not come to save us and think like other kings who had big egos and thought they should have THEIR feet washed. He came as a merciful and humble savior to save us all from sin. He had doubters in his works, including Simon Peter who said, “You will never wash my feet”. He thought that they should have been washing his feet and that he was too important to be washing their feet. We need to remember to be like servants in order to get to Heaven.
In today’s Gospel “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, so that as I have done for you, you should also do.” This shows that Jesus came down to be the perfect example of how us, humans, should be. He showed His love for us by washing the feet of His followers. This show how truly humble He is. I mean, the God of the Universe came down and washed the feet of us sinners.
“Get off of our screens and spend time with humans giving and receiving. Sacrifice what you want for the benefit of the other.” This stood out to me because with all the technology we have now, it’s hard for many people to spend time with others.
When Jesus knew that his hour had came and he was so stressed that he sweat blood that speaks to me, showing that Jesus loved us so much that he was willing to go through so much intense pain for us.
Why stop at the little things when you could do the most for every one.
“as I have done for you, you should also do.” Our job here on earth is to imitate Jesus to the best of our human abilities. We are created in God’s image and likeness, therefore we should act like him,
In today’s gospel God is telling me to let Jesus wash your feet. Don’t deny like Peter and let Jesus wash your feet. So you will be cleaned by the Son of God.
Jesus is telling His disciples that He wants them to treat others and each other like how He did and to follow His role model, and for them also to be role models.
Jesus knew it was his time so he held the last supper he washed the feet of his disciples to let them know they are free from sin and at the Last Supper he turned the bread into the Body of Christ and wine into Blood know there is Mass held and represents the Last Supper.
today in the gospil Jesus sets an exampil that we should falow : we should serv every budy willingly even the people we do not like just like Jesus washed Judes’s feet and still knowing Judis will betray him.
“He came to Simon Peter, who said to him,
“Master, are you going to wash my feet?”
Jesus answered and said to him,
“What I am doing, you do not understand now,
but you will understand later.”
I think this is saying that Jesus cleaned the disciples feet and they didn’t know why he was doing it but he told them that they might not understand until later.
“This month shall stand at the head of your calendar; you shall reckon it the first month of the year. Tell the whole community of Israel: On the tenth of this month every one of your families must procure for itself a lamb, one apiece for each household. If a family is too small for a whole lamb, it shall join the nearest household in procuring one and shall share in the lamb in proportion to the number of persons who partake of it. The lamb must be a year-old male and without blemish. You may take it from either the sheep or the goats. You shall keep it until the fourteenth day of this month, and then, with the whole assembly of Israel present, it shall be slaughtered during the evening twilight. They shall take some of its blood and apply it to the two doorposts and the lintel of every house in which they partake of the lamb. That same night they shall eat its roasted flesh with unleavened bread and bitter herbs”. this stuck out to me because those who did not believe lost their son.
today Jesus sets an example : that we should serv others even when we do not like them ,Jesus washes Jude’s even thel he knows he will betray him.
what I got out of this gospel is that Jesus knew his time is going to passed and he is going to be hung up on the cross. He knew it was his last supper. he tells them to sit down and let me wash your feet before the supper. he says to Simon Peter “What I am doing, you do not understand now, but you will understand later.” I think he said this because he wants them to listen to him even tho they dont know what to do next.
“If I, therefore, the master and teacher, have washed your feet,
you ought to wash one another’s feet.” Jesus was humble enough to wash our feet. we need to humble ourselves and wash the feet of our peers. Jesus is greater then us and was still willing to wash our feet. we are called to serve one another.
In today’s Gospel Jesus washed his disciples feet. Only servants wash their masters feet but Jesus showed that we should go and help others.
“I HAVE GIVEN YOU A MODEL TO FOLLOW, SO THAT AS I HAVE DONE FOR YOU, YOU SHOULD ALSO DO.” Jesus gave us an example to follow so we must take it into action. We must serve others and put others before yourself.
“Get off of our screens and spend time with humans giving and receiving.” Just getting off the screen for even ten minutes makes a difference. Get off and pray or talk to Him. Because He will help us so much and just getting off for ten minutes helps us.
In today’s Gospel Jesus sets an example for his disciples to follow. He said to them, “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, so that as I have done for you, you should also do.” I think that this sort of follows our modernity: treat others the way you want to be treated.
Today something that stuck out to me was “Before the feast of Passover, Jesus knew that his hour had come to pass from this world to the Father” Even though Jesus knew his time had come and he was about to die a bad death he did not back down because he loved us and the world so much. AS the Gospel also says “He loved his own in the world and he loved them to the end.”
I today’s Gospel, I think God is trying to tell me that we need to be humble. Serving others around us like Jesus served His apostles. He washed their feet showing that we should serve all people no matter who they are. In His example we should treat other people like Christ because He treated others like himself. We should follow into his example adn always be there to serve God and others.
In today’s gospel Jesus washes the apostle’s feet. We also can see that we should trust Jesus because we may not know, but Jesus always has a plan for us. God wills nothing but our good and the good around us, God will never lead us astray but our flesh might. And we should also wash each other’s feet or in other words care for others, and lift everyone up rather than down.
what I think the lord is trying to tell me is that the washing of the feet is suppose to clense us like baptism we should trust and believe in Jesus when he tells us because he was the one that took all of our sin on to him.
He became man to show the Fathers love for us. He loved us so much he became a human being- known for sinning and disobeying God. But, he instead died on the cross for us to save our sins, and was mocked. We deserved the cross, but instead we were saved by Jesus and we get to live free.
What this told me is that we should not hold grudges and we should forgive people like how God forgives us and we should be kind to people even when we don’t like them.
In today’s Gospel in washing the Apostles’ feet Jesus serves them. In saying You ought to wash each other’s feet, Jesus calls us to serve likewise to our neighbor. Jesus sets the example of even those with authority and social standing must serve the ones they lead. For whoever wishes to first shall be last, and those who are last are put first.
In today’s Gospel Jesus washed the feet of his apostles. Jesus did this so that we may have a model to follow. We should help others with their challenges no matter what. In return they may also help us when we are in need.
“What I am doing, you do not understand now, but you will understand later.” Jesus tells his disciples this in the Gospel. This shows that Jesus has a plan for us even if we don’t understand him. We have to trust in him and what hes doing. Jesus knows best so he can get us to heaven.
In today’s Gospel, Jesus washes His disciple’s feet and Simon Peter protests. Jesus tells him that if he doesn’t wash Peter’s feet, then he will have no inheritance with Jesus. Peter then goes to stay that Jesus should then wash all of Peter’s body. Jesus tells him that if Peter has already bathed, he doesn’t need it.
In today’s Gospel, Jesus washes the apostles’ feet. When Simon Peter at first doesn’t let Jesus wash his feet, Jesus says, “Unless I wash you, you will have no inheritance with me.” This refers to Baptism, where we are adopted into God’s Kingdom and signed with an indelible mark on us. Through Baptism, we are in a state of perfect holiness, like a saint on fire. As we grow, we fade from that state of holiness and grace. We must do what Jesus does to others, like how Jesus washes the feet of the apostles, we must wash the feet of our community. When we do good deeds to others, we glorify God and when we pray piously and faithfully, we enter back in the same state of grace at Baptism.
“If I, therefore, the master and teacher, have washed your feet, you ought to wash one another’s feet.” This stood out to me because Jesus was saying that even though He is significantly greater than His followers because He is the Son of God. But this is Him telling us that we are all equal.
Today Jesus shows us he is humble. The disciples refuse to have Jesus our savior wash their feet. Jesus insists he washes away our sin as he does their feet. For we don’t not understand it now but we will understand when we are in unity in heaven with God. Jesus will do things in your life you may feel uncomfortable with but it always has a better reason behind it.
The Gospel today, I feel like is to just refresh us on everything that has been happening the past days and what Jesus is about to go through.Before the feast of Passover, Jesus knew that his hour had come to pass from this world to the Father”. Jesus was fully aware what was about to happen to him, and his love is so great that he excepted his cross and is about to die for everyone in the whole world. I ask that God helps us better understand the meaning of his passion and how his love was so devout that he died for us.
when i read this what stuck with me when i read this is that Jesus held the first mass ever during the last supper with all his buddies, he even washed theyre feet which was soemthing you wouldnt ever do back in that period of time. Jesus must have been in so much sorrow and stress imagine you knew exactly how you where going to do and when and how much pain you were going to feel. i would honestly probably die cuase of how much stress i would have. also another thing that amazes me is that he actually went through it and died for us even tho he knew how he was going to die from the time he was born. Also another thing that kinda saddens me is imagining i am having my last hangout with my friends ever and then i know that i wont be able to be with them anymore and make them go through sadness. And also Jesus having to go through one of the best friends betraying him and knowing that he would later kill himself is also really i sad thing that he had to go through.
“Unless I wash you, you have no part with me” What I think Jesus is trying to say is that in order for salvation you need to be baptized, (since the “Unless I wash you, you have no part with me” What I think Jesus is trying to say is that in order for salvation you need to be baptized, (since the washing of the feet and baptism are correlatedwashing of the feet and baptism are correlated
Today in the Gospel Jesus washes the feet of his disciples, and tells them to serve one another, for he served them. We should never be reluctant to help others, because Jesus, the Son of God, washed his disciples’ feet. People probably just wore sandals then, so imagine how dirty their feet could have been. Washing feet could not have been pleasant, and yet Jesus still washed them. How can we refuse to help others when Jesus washed his disciples’ feet?
“I HAVE GIVEN YOU A MODEL TO FOLLOW, SO THAT AS I HAVE DONE FOR YOU, YOU SHOULD ALSO DO.” What this verse means to me is that we should strive to be like God. When he tells that so that as I have done for you I should also do is saying that I have given you a good example to follow now go be a good influence on others
In today ´ s Gospel jesus knows it is gonna be his last meal and he knew he was gonna
die on the cross for us and during that time jesus was stressed and scared so much so
he sweated blood and started bleeding and when jesus was going up on that cross he was bleeding
what that means is are life are so precious that it is worth giving his life for .
In today’s scripture reflection it talks about God becoming man so he could spread the greatness of the father, and how much the father loves us so much that he gave his life up to redeem our sins, and to teach us the way of holiness. This is what the real meaning of love is, this is the love we all yearn for but don’t seem to understand that yet or accept that.
What stuck out to me in this Gospel is that Jesus, Son of God washing his apostles feet. You wouldn’t think that God Himself would be washing others feet, but He does. It teaches us to love one another like Jesus loves us, and how no one is better than us and everyone is equal in Gods eyes.
Jesus came to earth as a humble being not a righteous king. He never asked for anything from anyone except to follow and believe in Him and His Father. He was humble and sacrificed Himself for the greater good of salvation.
we must treat other as you want to be treated so help others and you will be helped ask 4 mercy and be the LIGHT OF THE WORLD!!!
In today’s Gospel Jesus washes his disciples feet which is weird because Jesus is God and he is our Lord but he is being a role model for his disciples. Jesus is showing them how to act to others. Treat others how you would treat Jesus.
in todays gospel Jesus washes the disciples feet as an example to us that if Jesus our Lord and God can wash our feet we too can wash each other’s feet. this also represents the golden rule treat others how you want to be treated. Jesus washes the disciples feet not so that they can do it for him but so that may do it to each other.
in today’ s gospel Jesus washed his disciples feet as a sign of love. It is fascinating that instead of the disciples washing jesus’s feet, he washed theirs.
In today’s Gospel in washing the Apostles’ feet Jesus serves them. In saying You ought to wash each other’s feet Jesus calls us to serve likewise to our neighbor. Jesus sets the example of even those with authority and social standing must serve the ones they lead. For whoever wishes to first shall be last, and those who are last are put first
The part of this Gospel that stuck out to me was when Jesus says, “so that as I have done for you, you should also do.” This meant to me that as Jesus helped others and cared about everyone we should follow his example and help and serve others and be self-giving.
todays gospel really shows how much Jesus loves us. even though he is the king of all kings he washed his disciples feet. how wonderful it is that we have such a loving and humble God that he would even lower himself down to a servant washing our feet.
the main point of the gospel is when Jesus washes the disciples feet. I’m pretty sure its not normal for the master to wash the followers feet, but he is teaching us that we need to care for others. if we always expect people to do things for us instead of the other way around, we will never find peace in what we’ve done throughout life.
Today in the Gospel Jesus washed the disciple’s feet. He did this to show all of us that we need to put others before us. We should help others in need and always be kind to others.
Jesus washed the apostles feet. He loved everyone and so washed their feet with care. In God’s eyes we are all equal and He loves us all. This shows we need to love each other like Jesus loved us.
At the end of the gospel, Jesus gives us a calling. A calling to go out into the world and fill it with kindness, to serve God, others, and then themselves. Some people may find this difficult to do because they have to actually interact with and be nice to people. This modern world has a great number of traps and pitfalls set by the devil to keep us from doing this. We have to learn to recognize these traps and avoid them, to remain a servant of God.
What I took from today’s gospel is that we need to help people if we can. Even if we don’t want to we need to.
In todays Gospel it was talking about Jesus washing his deciples feet . Then also the last supper Jesus was telling his deciples trhat this will be his last meal then he was also explaining that he will come again. Then Jesus also said that somethings he says they will not understand now but will understand later.
In today’s scripture it is telling us that we need to go out into the world and serve others just how Jesus did to his followers and to anyone he did not know. In this reading Jesus is washing the feet of his disciples, he was not hesitant to wash their feet. Jesus does this to cleanse us from our sin because he loves you so much and died on that Cross for you to live a happy and safe life with a relationship with him. He tells them that he is going away and going somewhere they cannot go, but he told them that he would return again. We need to serve others and help others just the way Jesus did and the way he taught us to. He washed all of their feet they same way, he did not treat anybody different from one another. We judge people but we should not judge because Jesus never taught us to judge others. We should help when someone needs help and it should be willing, you should not help others when you are not doing it with the kindness of your own heart. Every time you do something you should always do it with a big heart and a good attitude for that person. Because if you do something for them in a way of not good matter, that is not spreading kindest to someone. Have a good rest of your day!!! God loves you so much because he died for your sins and rose from the dead to save you from evil!!! God Bless!!! Viva Cristo Rey!!!
The ultimate expression of love is described as laying down one’s life for friends, as referenced in John 15:13.
“I HAVE GIVEN YOU A MODEL TO FOLLOW, SO THAT AS I HAVE DONE FOR YOU, YOU SHOULD ALSO DO.” What stood out to me is that Jesus wants us to follow his model he wants us to spread the word and try to be truthful and honest to others he wants us to try and follow in his footsteps
God never backed down even when He knew He would be tormented and put to death. He never treated Himself like a king even though He was the Son of God. We should never treat ourselves different than anyone else because in Gods eyes, we are all the same.