Sometimes, when I feel very stressed out and overwhelmed by life, I look down at my feet and exclaim, “Oh there I am!” While it can be very easy to get carried away by grandiose ideas, anxieties, and the past, our feet never lie, they will always be exactly where they are, and we will always be exactly where they are. Perhaps this is why Jesus allowed his feet to be washed and anointed on the day before his passion (Mt 26:6-13), a time when it would have been easy to simply give in to the pressure and run away from his mission. It is the Lord himself who washes our feet (Jn 13:1-17) so that we be might responsive to his call, “Come follow me” (Mt 4:19), and lead lives that are grounded in reality, making our way, one step at a time, one foot at a time, along the narrow path that ultimately and only leads to life (Mt 7:13-14). Ave Crux, Spes Unica.
Ben Another great meditation. I only wish that the computer would let me print it.
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