The Quest for the Holy Wash Basin

The holy grail we all know of, but what of the holy-foot-washing-basin? Through reading over the stories of Jesus' last week in the gospels I realized that John does not have an account of Jesus breaking bread and sharing wine at the last supper instead the gospel writer tells of Jesus washing the disciples' feet. So in John's gospel the foot-washing-basin replaced the chalice as the sacred vessel of God's new covenant with his people.
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I see a connection between these two sacred vessels: if we want to remember Jesus and drink the cup of sacrifice we should also turn in humble service and love to our brothers and sisters in Christ. the second part is perhaps the most challenging: "submitting to one another out of love for Christ."
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to set the scene John writes "Having loved his own who were in the world, he now showed them the full extent of his love." LOVE:LOVE:LOVE
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The French writer Charles Peguy said, "Everything begins with mysticism and ends in politics." (excerpt from The Ascent of the Mountain of God)

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I don't have to remind anyone how we've seen politics play out in the church: it always becomes my way of doing things vs. your way; us vs. them; etc, etc..

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my prayer: Father, let the water of the Holy Wash Basin of humble service and love flow over your church today. give us new eyesight and divine love for one another. help us to be gracious and humble towards one another. amen.