What if footwashing were a sacrament? Of all of the things that Jesus instructed the disciples to do, why didn’t footwashing become a sacrament like the others? Thoughts like these are one of the hazards of being a theologian.

I was thinking about this strange idea this week while reflecting on Pope Leo XIV’s new series of catecheses on Vatican II. Just when he is encouraging us to re-read the documents of the Council, the CCCB has issued a new National Strategy on Ecumenism. The first step in this strategy is to focus on education and formation about the church’s ecumenical teaching, beginning with the Council.
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