Archbishop Jason Gordon said Jesus’ washing of his disciples’ feet on Holy Thursday was his way of showing that the greatest way to show love is to be humble and serve others. He said exercising power over others was a scourge on the nation and if people served each other instead, TT would be a better place.

Speaking to congregants at the Holy Thursday mass on April 17 at the Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception, Independence Square, Port of Spain, on Monday, Gordon traced the ritual of the Eucharist from the Passover to the Last Supper to the apostle Paul passing it on to the church. He said when Jesus gave his disciples the rite of the Eucharist and washed their feet, he was showing them the depth of his love.

“Earlier in the day, the disciples were arguing about who is the greatest. What does Jesus do? He takes off his garment, he gets down on the ground, he washes their feet. He does an act of utter humility. He had already said, ‘Among the gentiles, their great men laud it over you, you are not to be like that. The greatest among you must be the least of all and the servant of all.”