We hear that the Holy Thursday liturgy at the cathedral was grand, with early evening light, flowers, new candles, bells, good preaching, and the foot-washing. All new and shiny. The foot-washing is such a lovely, messy, tender rite that blesses such vulnerability shared. The new pope, of which the keeper is still fond, celebrated Holy Thursday in a juvenile detention center in Rome. He washed the feet of 10 boys and 2 girls.. He said, "Washing someone's feet is [saying] 'I am at your service.' And us too, among us, shouldn't we wash each others' feet every day? But what does this mean? That we must help each other, help one another." So simple, really.
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