For twenty years I listened to my Mother-in-Law lament about the way her son, the former alter boy had fallen away from the Church & she reminded him more than yearly about the time the Monseigneur had washed his feet. Ex said that the Monseigneur would stop Mass to stare down any late arrivals. He was NOT a Priest to trifle with.
Since I'd never gone to a foot washing, I felt that I'd managed to miss one of the main events.
Foot washings from a priest???!!!
Not in any parish I’ve known.
Where do I go for one? Do they work on callouses, too?
On a more serious note. My catholic mother would prefer me to be a carousing, fallen catholic like my brother than a faithful Christian. Go figure!