Between her teaching job and raising six kids, my mom was on her feet a good part of the day. By evening, her feet were worn out and her heels were often dry and cracked. But kids come in handy, ...

Bill Adams, formerly homeless, waited patiently for the Holy Thursday sermon to end at the Open Door Mission, where he is now a staff member. As soon as the Rev. Reagan Cocke finished, Adams moved to ...

From the expression on the face of the priest at the Maundy Thursday service, I figured foot washing might be his least favorite activity of the church year. His face was wrinkled in what looked like ...

In the humble act of washing his disciples' feet, Jesus is showing all Christians how he wants them to serve others with love, Pope Francis said. "This is the legacy that Jesus leaves us," and he ...

The feet and legs of the homeless men we serve at the Bowery Mission in New York are a testimony to the pain they endure daily. Many of their legs are swollen because, like Jesus, they have nowhere to ...

As Christians around the South Bay and Long Beach make last-minute plans about which Easter service to attend on Sunday, their most devout counterparts participated in a time-honored ceremony of ...

Super Bowl commercials are always a topic of conversation. This year, one commercial in particular caught my attention and sparked conversations across various social media platforms. The ad, ...

ROME -- Pope Francis on Thursday issued a decree changing how the Holy Thursday foot-washing ceremony will be celebrated around the world. The decree states that those chosen to have their feet washed ...

The Gospel of John situates the story slightly earlier that the Synoptics do: “Now before the festival of the Passover,” he begins. At the Last Supper, he tells us, Jesus “knew that his hour had come.

The washing of feet was a radical act in Jesus’ time. It is no less radical in the modern era, with Pope Francis’ decision to break with the long-standing papal tradition of washing only priests’ feet ...