Basin & Towel
Jesus,
You are the Light of the World, the King of the Universe, the only Son of God.
And, the way You chose to show us how to love each other
Was through the sacred ordinary
Of the basin and towel.
Your basin and towel confront us
When we believe we need to protect our position and reputation
You stand up, serve, and say
“Unless I wash you, you have nothing in common with me.”
Your basin and towel comfort us
When we are afraid and uneasy,
Even when we deny, betray, and run away,
You affirm our beloved identity, and say
“You are clean because of me.”
Your basin and towel confound us.
You descend in divine humility
And hold the humanity we would prefer to hide,
Inverting our perspective of both following and leading, saying,
“Do you understand what I have done?”
Your basin and towel command us
To a new mandate in how we care for one another
Without restrictions or reservation, You say
“As I have loved you, love each other.”
Jesus,
May we follow You and join You
In loving one another
Through the sacred ordinary
Of the basin and towel.
Prayer inspired by & includes the words of Jesus from the Gospel of John, chapter 13.
