St. Aidan's Anglican Church, Kansas City - Weekly Talks

Jesus washes his disciple's feet. Cyril of Alexandria (375-444) reflects, What could be stranger than this? What more awesome? He who is clothed with light as with a garment, is now girded with a towel. He who binds up the waters in His clouds who sealed the abyss by His fearful Name, is now bound with a girdle. He who gathers together the waters of the sea as in a vessel now pours water into a basin. He who covers the tops of the heavens with water washes in water the feet of His disciples. He who has weighed the heavens with His palm and the earth with three fingers now wipes with undefiled palms the soles of His servants’ feet. He before whom every knee should bow, of those that are in heaven, on earth and under the earth now kneels before His servants. Cyril of Alexandria (375-444) What he does outwardly, in washing dirty feet, in stooping down to be the lowest servant to his disciples, symbolizes the effectual grace we receive in baptism and Eucharist … through baptism, we are cleanse