Basil: whose feet will you wash?

Monday, January 2, 2023
    Feast of Basil the Great & Gregory Nazianzen, Bishops, Teachers, 379 & 389
    Commemoration of Seraphim, Monk of Sarov, Mystic, Staretz, 1833
Meditation:
    Jesus knew that the Father had put all things under his power, and that he had come from God and was returning to God; so he got up from the meal, took off his outer clothing, and wrapped a towel around his waist. After that, he poured water into a basin and began to wash his disciples’ feet, drying them with the towel that was wrapped around him.
    —John 13:3-5 (NIV)
Quotation:
    The Lord also did not think that the teaching of his word alone was enough, but he wanted to give us an example of humility when, girded with a towel, he washed the feet of his disciples. Whose feet do you wash? Whom do you care for? To whom do you make yourself inferior and last of all, since you live alone?
    ... St. Basil the Great (330?-379), Little Asceticon, Question 3.9, concerning community (see the book)
    See also John 13:3-5; Eze. 36:25; Matt. 19:30; 20:16; Mark 9:35; 10:31; Luke 13:30; 22:27; John 13:12-14; Eph. 5:25-27; Phil. 2:5-8
Quiet time reflection:
    Lord, place the Servant’s heart within me. CQOD    Blog    email    RSS
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