Foot-washing is an important Holy Week theme. Today the Gospel focuses on how Mary of Bethany anointed Jesus’ feet with precious nard. On Thursday, Jesus himself will wash the feet of his Apostles in ...

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One of the things that has always given the Gospels the ring of a truthful recounting of historical memory by eyewitnesses is the story of the anointing at Bethany. What is interesting to me are these ...