Holy Thursday Mass Feet Washing. In many Catholic parishes on Holy Thursday a footwashing ritual is incorporated into Mass. You shall never wash my feet Jesus replied If I do not wash you you can have no share with me Simon Peter said 9 Well then Lord not only my feet but my hands and my head as well 10 Jesus said No one who has had a bath needs washing such a person is clean all over.
Theres such a sense of anticipation on Holy Thursday I find. The Holy Thursday Mass formally known as the Mass of the Lords Supper is the first event in the Easter Triduum which includes the Easter Vigil on Saturday and culminates on Easter Sunday. In such cases none of the limitations imposed by the concrete liturgical context of the Holy Thursday Mass need apply.
First the song What I Have Done for You by John Angotti and Fr.
Theres such a sense of anticipation on Holy Thursday I find. However at least from the seventeenth century there were also customs in some places of washing the feet of the poor on Holy Thursday and with the Holy Week reforms of Pope Pius XII it took on a more public role in the evening Mass of that day. Kesna Guerrier whose feet were washed by Bishop Brennan has taken part in the ritual in previous years. Pope Francis washes the feet of prisoners in Civitavecchia Italy April 14 2022.
