Holy Thursday Mass Feet Washing. 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. An imitation of what Christ did.
One of the signature parts of the liturgy during holy week is the traditional feet washing on holy thursday. Illuminated by the gospel of John the rite carries a double significance. An imitation of what Christ did.
Kesna Guerrier whose feet were washed by Bishop Brennan has taken part in the ritual in previous years.
The pope celebrated the Holy Thursday Mass of the Lords Supper at the prison and washed the feet of 12 inmates men and women of different ages and nationalities according to the Vatican press office. During the middle of mass priests. Washing of the Feet on Holy Thursday 04-11-2006 In the wake of our article on foot washing March 28 one reader begged to differ that the rubric in the missal stipulated that only mens feet be. As an added precaution the archdiocese said the traditional washing of feet usually done during the.
