Jesus is on the receiving end of the gesture on several occasions. In John, when he visits Lazarus, Lazarus’s sister Mary washes his feet, and in Luke an unnamed woman washes Jesus’ feet and ...

It takes humility to wash another. Holy Week began with such an example: In Monday’s Gospel, Mary of Bethany anointed Jesus’ feet with precious nard. That brought forth Judas’ outrage.

“It is all about choice,” said the Rev. Roger Pancost, drawing a lesson from the Gospel’s description of the washing of Jesus’ feet by Mary, sister of Lazarus. In the story, Mary washes ...

Foot-washing is an important Holy Week theme. Today the Gospel focuses on how Mary of Bethany anointed Jesus’ feet with precious nard. On Thursday, Jesus himself will wash the feet of his ...

Not to be confused with the sinful and repentant woman in the other Gospels, Mary washes the feet of Jesus, and lavishes costly perfume on them. Jesus accepts this ministry, and only Judas ...

Why foot-washing? Maundy Thursday is also associated with foot-washing. Jesus washed the feet of the disciples, an act described in the Gospel of John, chapter 13, as Jesus teaching them to be ...

This act is also significant because in the society of that time, washing someone’s feet was considered the job of a lowly servant, yet Jesus, who was their teacher and master, took on this role.