This part of the gospel has a certain purgatory ring to it for me.“Unless I wash you, you will have no inheritance with me.”
Simon Peter said to him,
“Master, then not only my feet, but my hands and head as well.”
Jesus said to him,
“Whoever has bathed has no need except to have his feet washed,
for he is clean all over;
so you are clean, but not all.”
For he knew who would betray him;
for this reason, he said, “Not all of you are clean.”
Today’s gospel is the washing of the feet Jn 13:1-15.
Judas Iscariot was not clean: he had not bathed like the others. And later in John 13“Unless I wash you, you will have no inheritance with me.”
Simon Peter said to him,
“Master, then not only my feet, but my hands and head as well.”
Jesus said to him,
“Whoever has bathed has no need except to have his feet washed,
for he is clean all over;
so you are clean, but not all.”
For he knew who would betray him;
for this reason, he said, “Not all of you are clean.”
14 If I, therefore, the master and teacher, have washed your feet, you ought to wash one another’s feet. 15 I have given you a model to follow, so that as I have done for you, you should also do.
Cardinal Justin Rigali thought so when he wrote his 2008 article, The consoling doctrine of Purgatory.This part of the gospel has a certain purgatory ring to it for me.
Correct but Jesus washes the feet of ALL the disciples.Judas Iscariot was not clean: he had not bathed like the others. And later in John 13
Yes this would be the classical Catholic position. My OP was considering another view point in terms of purgatory without negating the classical.I’ve always imagined it as Reconciliation before receiving the Eucharist. Baptism made us “clean all over,” but living in the world gets our feet dirty from committing sins.
Judas: with cleaned feet but lacking, having not bathed. John 17
Did you see the connection to indulgences? We pray for those that are in purgatory who are saved (clean) yet need help to remove attachment to sins.12 When I was with them I protected them in your name that you gave me, and I guarded them, and none of them was lost except the son of destruction, in order that the scripture might be fulfilled.
Yes i did. Im also looking beyond.Did you see the connection to indulgences?
The footnote (#6) to John 13:10 in the New American Bible tends to agree with you @Spyridon :I dunno.
I see baptism…
I think purgatory outta this verse takes some pretty serious hermenutical gymnastics…
So the Teaches leads the way that we may take up our cross and follow. Also, being faithful, and praying for the departed faithful we join in that humility of Jesus Christ just as the Virgin Mary and Saints do.…
The preceding footnote (#5) states that foot washing itself is indicative of Our Blessed Lord’s infinite humility, which in turn alludes to the humiliation of the Crucifixion:
5 [5] The act of washing another’s feet was one that could not be required of the lowliest Jewish slave. It is an allusion to the humiliating death of the crucifixion.
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“The foot washing may be a sign of priestly ordination as in the OT (Ex. 40:12, 30-32). Against this background, Jesus washing Peter and the disciples parallels the scene of Moses washing Aaron and his sons on the day of their consecration to the priesthood (Lev. 8:6).