On Good Friday of
last year I blogged on the foot washing ceremony in Catholic churches on Holy
Thursday in the post, The Holy Thursday Foot Washing - Is the point being lostbecause of legalism? I opined that the "select men only" rule and the pain and dissension
around that rule could lead some priests to decide simply to omit that ceremony
from the Maundy Thursday liturgy. It gives me no pleasure or satisfaction to
say, "I told you so" but... I told you so. I heard yesterday of at
least one parish in the Toronto Archdiocese where the priest's attempt to
introduce and enforce the "selected men (only)" rule sparked such
outrage in the parish community that he decided it would be better not to have
the foot washing at all.
That is not a
solution, It is a cop-out.
