You're listening to the I Pray with the Gospel Daily Reflection Son and of the Holy Spirit, amen.

My Lord and my God, I firmly believe that you are here, that you see me, that you hear me.

I adore you with profound reverence. I ask your pardon for my sins and the

grace to make this time of prayer fruitful. My immaculate mother, St. Joseph, my father and Lord,

my guardian angel, intercede for me. Holy Thursday, a reading from the Gospel of John, chapter 13.

Now before the feast of Passover, when Jesus knew that his hour had come to depart from this world to the Father, having loved his own who were in the world, he loved them to the end.

He rose from supper, laid aside his garments, and girded himself with the towel.

Then he poured water into a basin and began to wash the disciples' feet,

and to wipe them with the towel, with which he was girded.

Jesus, when I see you washing the feet of the apostles, I understand what love is.

When I see you, Son of God the apostles, I understand what love is.

When I see you, Son of God, on your knees, washing with your divine hands, some of the

dirtiest feet of Judea at the time, including two feet of the disciple who had already betrayed

you, I see how much you love.

The master at the feet of his servants, God kneeling down before his creatures, the superior serving the inferior.

But don't mothers do the same when they tie their children's laces or feed them or help them get dressed?

Love engenders humility.

We could say that humility is the daughter of charity and always goes with her mother.

The more we live charity, the more humble we become.

I know how much you love me, Lord, when I see you as a poor child in Bethlehem for me,

or when I contemplate you crucified for my sins.

But I understand it plainly when I see you in a piece of bread.

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