Day Twenty Two — The First Note Humility
We always keep before us the example of Christ, who emptied himself, taking the form of a servant, and who, on the last night of his life, humbly washed his disciples’ feet. We likewise seek to serve one another with humility.
For Simon Peter, seeing Jesus kneel
to wash his feet is wrong. It makes him squirm.
Outraged, bemused, he’s unsure what to feel:
the Lion of Judah crawling like a worm?
We like to make things special: special days,
and places built for God, and special men
and women, trained and blessed, and special ways
to do our liturgy, for surely then
God must attend. But Peter has to learn
that God is not constrained, and may not do
what we deem seemly. God may choose to spurn
the praise, the place of honour, even to
his death, death on a cross. O Peter, let
your master serve. Receive without regret.
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