Washing Feet: An Example of Service or Something More?

Jesus Washing Peter's Feet by Ford Madox Brown 1852-6 So, during supper, fully aware that the Father had put everything into his power and that he had come from God and was returning to God, he rose from supper and took off his outer garments. He took a towel and tied around his waist. Then he poured water into a basin and began to wash the disciples' feet and dry them with the towel around his waist. - John 13:2-5 Today, in 2024 A.D., we don't give much thought to these few sentences. The impact of the activity of Jesus is lost on us because a) We wear shoes everywhere. Many of us even have "inside shoes" and "outside shoes". b) The Church's liturgy (as popularly practiced) often misses or lessens the importance of this event (pro tip: it's not simply Jesus giving and example of serving others). Contrary to what we see in the movies, the roads in the time of Jesus weren't all covered in perfectly placed cobblestones or silky, fine dust. If r

Catherine Eats!

Here are some pictures of Catherine's first tastes of rice cereal. Yum!




Catherine's physical therapist took the pictures for me. Also in attendence at this event were her occupational therapist, speech therapist and early interventionist! It was a party! They were all looking for specific things while she eats and everyone thought that she did great...no oral aversions and no aspirating. So we will continue to offer her cereal probably once a day and maybe she will start eating more and we can get rid of that G tube.

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Anonymous said…
Awesome. How exciting!