Comments for He Gives Himself with His Own Hand at http://www.thecatholicthing.org , comment 1 to 4 out of 4 comments http://www.thecatholicthing.org Sun, 19 May 2013 03:49:41 +0100 FeedCreator 1.7.3 http://www.thecatholicthing.org/columns/2012/he-gives-himself-with-his-own-hand.html#comment-10761 David: If you had written viri selcti or men I would not have posted a comment. You used the word "parishioners". I know of N.O. parishes where women who serve as lectors or eucharistic ministers(?) demand they they comprise part of the twelve whose feet are to be washed. "If I am eligible to serve in the sanctuary then I am eligible to have my feet washed as well as a man." As the whole point has been lost in the modern Church the practice is coming to be abandoned. - Manfred Sat, 07 Apr 2012 03:23:52 +0100 http://www.thecatholicthing.org/columns/2012/he-gives-himself-with-his-own-hand.html#comment-10759 Manfred: Please take another look at the paragraph you quoted. I was speaking of the Holy Thursday Mass, where the priest imitates the gesture of Christ. Of course Christ did not have parishioners. As for the rubrics of the Mass, it is stated that twelve men--"viri selecti"--have their feet washed by their pastor. These men are parishioners, served by their shepherd; twelve apostles are not exactly available in each parish church throughout the world. - David Bonagura Fri, 06 Apr 2012 04:50:26 +0100 http://www.thecatholicthing.org/columns/2012/he-gives-himself-with-his-own-hand.html#comment-10752 "...and washes the feet of his parishioners." Actually, He didn't, He washed the feet of HIS APOSTLES as part of their installation to the priesthood. He did not wash the feet of women or children as none were present and that was not His purpose. That is why there is so much confusion today in the New Religion when men and women's feet will be washed in sanctuaries throughout the world as this action by Christ is now interpreted merely as an act of humility and charity. - Manfred Thu, 05 Apr 2012 02:30:09 +0100 http://www.thecatholicthing.org/columns/2012/he-gives-himself-with-his-own-hand.html#comment-10751 In the Protestant tradition that I was raised in, we didn't "walk the steps our Lord walked" through Holy Week. I don't remember that we ever marked Holy Thursday or Good Friday in any special way. All of our attention was focused on Easter Sunday. I think the idea was that Good Friday was over and done with once in human history and Easter Sunday was only what mattered now. Now that I'm Catholic I understand we all need to pass through Holy Thursday and Good Friday to arrive at Easter. And I love how the Catholic Church relives the events of Holy Week. Christmas is wonderful, but Holy Week is my favorite part of the Church's calendar. - Randall Wed, 04 Apr 2012 23:36:51 +0100