Figure 1.-- This boy has his feet washed on Maundy Thursday in a parish church in Rome. |
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Many churches celebrate special rites. There are many local traditions. There are also more widely celebrated rites that are not mandatory. On Maundy Thursday a Mass is celebrated in the evening in the Catholic churches. It is the "Lord's Supper". During this Mass the priest can wash the feet of twelve men or boys. This is not a mandatory rite, but there is in many churches (especially in the parishes). Before the rite the priest reads the Gospel according John (13): "He rose from supper and took off his outer garments. He took a towel and tied it around his waist. Then he poured water into a basin and began to wash the disciples' feet and dry them with the towel around his waist."
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