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Back in Bible times foot washing was an important part of hospitality. Since people usually traveled by foot on dusty roads, their feet became quite dirty. When Jesus washed the feet of His disciples, He performed an act usually reserved for servants. – John 13-1-17
King Solomon is considered the wisest king in the Bible? Aside from being king he was a thinker and a great writer. Consider these lovely verses found in the Bible books that he wrote:
What does it mean to lay down our lives for Christ and for our friends? In John 15, notice Christ’s logic as he taught about sacrificial love.
First He said, “This is my commandment that you love one another as I have loved you”. Then He described the fullest extent of such love, “Greater love has no one than this, than to lay down one’s life for his friends”.
Jesus didn’t say we are His friends only if we die for Him. We are also His friends if we obey Him. In God’s eyes, obeying Him as a living sacrifice is the way we can lay down our lives for Him.
Similarly, we may not have to die for our friends. We can lay down our possessions to make provisions for the poor. We can lay down our plans or tight schedules to focus someone in need.
Such sacrifices though small can be of a powerful way to lay down our lives for other people. If we sacrifice willingly and in the spirit of Christ’ love.
This is one thing that I can say, “the closer we are to God, the bigger our hearts for people”.
The Black Nazarene is a life-sized, dark-skinned statue of Jesus Christ that a priest bought in Mexico, carved by an Aztec carpenter. The image is now enshrined in the minor basilica in Quiapo, Manila, Philippines and the day on which devotees go to the church is Friday.
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The statue was brought to Manila by the first group of Augustinian Recollect friars in May 31, 1606.[1] The image was enshrined at the first Recollect church in Bagumbayan (now part of the Rizal Park), which was inaugurated on September 10, 1606, and placed under the patronage of Saint John the Baptist.
In 1608, the second bigger Recollect church dedicated to San Nicolas de Tolentino(Saint Nicholas of Tolentine ) was completed inside Intramuros (where the building of the Manila Bulletin now stands), where the image of Nuestro Padre Jesús Nazareno was transferred. The Recollect Fathers then vigorously promoted devotion to the Suffering of Our Lord represented by the image that in fifteen short years, the Cofradia de Jesús Nazareno was established on April 21, 1621. The confraternity obtained Papal approval on April 20, 1650, from His Holiness Pope Innocent X.
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