In memory of Jesus washing the apostles’ feet, eight men had their feet washed at the Mass of the Lord’s Supper on Thursday at St. Patrick Roman Catholic Church, Pottsville. “It’s an optional rite … ...

On Sunday morning, Pope Benedict and the Roman Curia came to the end of their six day retreat that they took as a way of making Lent a time of true conversion. Following its conclusion, Benedict XVI ...

There are many details worth noting in this familiar account of Jesus washing the feet of his disciples at the Last Supper. The first is that it substitutes a profound example of service for the ...

With the Evening Mass of the Lord’s Supper, the Church begins her three most sacred days. From Thursday evening through Sunday evening, the Church observes the Paschal Triduum, marking the Passion, ...

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.

Pope Francis was in the middle of a busy week Thursday, in the days leading up to Easter and the ceremonies and traditions associated with the holiday. Holy, or Maundy, Thursday, the Thursday before ...

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 ...