Priest washes the feet of EJK victims’ kin on Maundy Thursday

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In a similar fashion to Jesus’ washing the feet of his 12 apostles, priests across the country washed the feet of devotees as part of the tradition of Maundy Thursday. In Manila, Fr. Flavie Villanueva washed the feet of people whose loved ones died in extrajudicial killings.

Villanueva conducted the ceremony at the St. Arnold Janssen Kalinga Foundation in Tayuman, Manila. As founder of an organization counseling victims of the country's drug war, it is a practice he has done before. Fr. Flavie told listeners that Christ removed his outer clothing before he washed the apostles' feet, indicating the stripping of his authority and showing how to serve and sympathize with their peers.

He added that he chose to wash the feet of the unfortunate and the relatives of EJK victims because he wanted to show that they were important in the eyes of God.“Kung babalik-tanawin natin ang mga hinugasan ng paa ni Hesus, sila yung mga tinuring na makasalanan, mga isinasantabi, mga nasa laylayan noong panahon ni Hesus. At gayundin naman sa panahon ngayon: mga homeless, mga taong nasa laylayan, mga pinagkaitan ng kalinga at katarungan.

 

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