Saturday, March 19, 2005
Washing Women's Feet
Boston Archbishop O'Malley will wash women's feet this Thursday. Thanks to frequent guest Liam for the heads-up on this. His comment strikes me as most sensible:
"I think the current placement of the Mandatum ritual (in the Evening Mass of the Lord’s Supper rather than in the Chrism Mass) indicates it is not about the iconography of clerical priesthood as such but discipleship more generally. If the powers that be want to make it about the former, it should be moved to the Chrism Mass. Or, why not do both, and incorporate the ritual into ordinations, elevations, and the like?"
