When he had finished washing their feet, he put on his clothes and returned to his place. "Do you understand what I have done for you?" he asked them. "You call me 'Teacher' and 'Lord,' and rightly so, for that is what I am. Now that I, your Lord and Teacher, have washed your feet, you also should wash one another's feet. I have set you an example that you should do as I have done for you. I tell you the truth, no servant is greater than his master, nor is a messenger greater than the one who sent him. Now that you know these things, you will be blessed if you do them. - John 13:12-17
It seems fitting to end Lent with the last thing Jesus did at His final meal with His apostles. He could have given a speech to remind them of His key teachings. Instead, He did what none of His friends expected - He washed their feet. I am convinced that the results of Lent will shine through us most powerfully through our actions. If we are unable to love others more around us, if we are unable to serve even those below us with wholehearted sincerity, then we haven't learnt fully the extent of God's forgiveness and love for us.
And so as we end Lent, I pray that we will reflect on the coming three or four days, when we commemorate Jesus' Passion, suffering, death with true remorse, so that we will in turn rise with Him on the anticipated Easter Sunday, emerging a new being.
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