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

I know it's been awhile since I gave a formal update...I have been tired, and nauseated, which means we are expecting #6 for those of you who don't already know. We are due at the end of March sometime and we are very excited!

Catherine has been doing very well. She is sitting much better for a few minutes at a time without assistance. She is clapping her hands. She is getting up on her knees and elbows and rocking and even trying for a few seconds at a time to push up on her hands! This is all very exciting to watch and I know that crawling is in her future! She is making some new "sounds". Not the ones that typically appear after ooo, and ahhh, but she is saying ha, and also making this nasal sound like a hard g or something (sorry not a speech therapist!). The really good thing about these sounds is not really the sounds themselves but that she is beginning to mimic us when we make those sounds back to her as you can see in the video. She is learning that that when she does something, we do something back. Doesn't sound very big but it's important for her to learn that she can control her enviroment.

She is still vomitting at night 1-2 times, so her GI doctor put her on a low dose of erythromycin (an antibiotic) that will hopefully help her stomach to empty a little quicker. She has been on it a few days and it's too soon to tell if this is working yet. It sounds like Dr. C has one more drug up his sleeve before we talk about a GJ tube again.

She also recently had a kidney ultrasound that showed her right kidney was more swollen than normal. Since this same ultrasound did not show the kidney stone that she previously had, the doctor assumed that the swelling was due to her passing this stone, but just in case it was caused by something else he ordered a renal nuclear medicine scan. They injected radioactive dye into her veins and watched how her kidneys processed the dye. It showed that there are no obstructions and she has good renal function, which is of course what we wanted to hear. So she will continue to be monitored every few months with renal unltrsounds.

Thank you for your continued prayers for Catherine! We continue to pray for all of you.

Comments

Emily said…
Congratulations! That' s so wonderful.
Of course continued prayers for the new babe, Catherine and everyone else in the Hahn clan. :)
Barbara said…
Catherine looks great! What a sugar.

Congratulations on the new baby! That's great news.
Sarah Reinhard said…
I can't wait to meet up with you guys at last and hug and kiss that little girl.

And CONGRATS on the new babykins! Prayers underway for you all!
JcRealtor said…
Nicole, she is so beautiful. I will continue to pray for her and also for you and the new baby and the boys too. Hope you start feeling better soon!