The Treasure of a Towel

The reading for Maundy Thursday this year is from John’s gospel 13:1-11, where Jesus, at the festival of Passover, instead of getting busy in the preparation of the meal for his disciples, ties a towel around his waist and washes the feet of his disciplesand wipes them with his towel. For me, three words, Exodus, Eucharist and Example are interwoven in the act of foot-washing with a towel in theministry of Jesus Christ.