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1 posted on 03/28/2013 1:58:30 PM PDT by NYer

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2 posted on 03/28/2013 1:58:50 PM PDT by NYer (Beware the man of a single book - St. Thomas Aquinas)

Next he will sell all the Catholic church’s property and give it to the poor.

Oh, wait. He’s not?

3 posted on 03/28/2013 2:14:21 PM PDT by OrangeHoof (Our economy won't heal until one particular black man is unemployed.)

This tradition goes way way back. In both Semitic groups Jews and Arabs the foot was and still is considered the filthiest part of the body. For someone to else to wash them was true sign of humility.

4 posted on 03/28/2013 2:15:19 PM PDT by mosesdapoet ("It's a sin to tell a lie", in telling others that , got me my nickname .Ex Chi" mechanic"ret)

From another report:

As part of the traditional liturgy of Holy Thursday, at the Mass of the Lord’s Supper, the Pope washed the feet of 12 young detainees: 10 male and 2 female. He thereby disregarded the liturgical rules of the Church, which specify that the celebrant should wash the feet of males in the congregation, in a gesture that recalls Christ’s service to his own 12 apostles. Although many other bishops and priests have included women in the ceremony, Pope Francis became the first Pontiff to do so.

Sorry, but I think this is grossly imprudent.

6 posted on 03/28/2013 2:52:58 PM PDT by Brian Kopp DPM

He is a remarkable and pious man.

8 posted on 03/28/2013 3:03:53 PM PDT by trisham (Zen is not easy. It takes effort to attain nothingness. And then what do you have? Bupkis.)

49 posted on 03/28/2013 11:09:58 PM PDT by Salvation (Â†"With God all things are possible." Matthew 19:26Â†)

To: NYer; Mrs. Don-o; Dr. Brian Kopp; steve86

Jimmy Akin covers the same topic here.

50 posted on 03/28/2013 11:12:58 PM PDT by mlizzy (If people spent an hour a week in Eucharistic adoration, abortion would be ended. --Mother Teresa)

I thought the Pope had bad knees; that that was the reason he doesn't genuflect when he consecrates the Body and Blood of Christ?

57 posted on 03/29/2013 11:37:37 AM PDT by ebb tide

This grandson of foot-washing Primitive Baptists recognizes the significance of this humbling gesture and approves of it, all other theological differences aside.

70 posted on 03/29/2013 3:04:22 PM PDT by RegulatorCountry

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