The introduction of leaven

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Originally Posted by OBW

Too funny!

I hoped it would be too over-the-top to be taken as an actual charge against you. I know that I haven't washed any feet besides my own, and probably my kids when they were really small.

There's so much about context, I guess. And you have no way of knowing.

If you're gonna make laws out of the NT, like a lot of people do, this is a pretty clear commandment and it is nevertheless nearly universally ignored. That in and of itself bugs me.

MOREOVER

I was an altar boy as a young man in the RCC and on one Holy Thursday evening service, the elderly Monsignor washed my feet (with a little help from the designated water jug bearer and foot basin bearer.) He tied a starched white linen cloth around his waist (exactly like the one Jesus used, I'm sure) and bathed and dried both my feet. Felt weird to take off my shoes and socks in the sanctuary in front of a congregation like that.

I've never forgotten it.

Made a big impression about what the Lord was up to that evening.

It may have been performed ritually but there had to be some element of the character of servant in the man to perform that year after year. There's really something to be said for the way many priests dedicate themselves to service.

I'm not sure there's a modern equivalent, really. Maybe washing your car? Maybe a pedicure? But it really does take an element of humility to perform this task and I really think we completely neglect it to our detriment.