Blogging toward Maundy Thursday: Be reconciled, then eat

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"Jesus knew that his hour had come to depart from this world.” What happens when you know your time has come? What do you say to those closest to you?

John 13 records the beginning of Jesus’ last words and instructions to his disciples. But first, he washes their feet.