He came to Simon Peter, who said to him, ‘Lord, are you going to wash my feet?’
Jesus replied, ‘You do not realize now what I am doing, but later you will understand.’
‘No,’ said Peter, ‘you shall never wash my feet.’
Jesus answered, ‘Unless I wash you, you will have no part with me.’
‘Then, Lord,’ Simon Peter replied, ‘not just my feet but my hands and my head as well!’
When he had finished washing their feet, he put on his clothes and returned to his place. ‘Do you understand what I have done for you?’ he asked them. ‘You call me Teacher and Lord, and rightly so, for that is what I am. Now that I, your Lord and Teacher, have washed your feet, you also should wash one another’s feet. I have set you an example that you should do as I have done for you.
A new commandment I give you: that you love one another, as I have loved you. By this all will know that you are mine— if you love one another.'”
John 13:1-15, 34
"It is because of the acts of a love so noble that many observers put a name upon us. 'See how they love one another'. For they themselves are driven by mutual contention and even hatred."
Tertullian, Apologeticum, 39, 7 , 197 AD
"What we would like to do is change the world–make it a little simpler for people to feed, clothe and shelter themselves as God intended them to do. And to a certain extent, by fighting for better conditions, by crying out unceasingly for the rights of the workers, of the poor, of the destitute – the rights of the worthy and the unworthy poor in other words, we can to a certain extent change the world; we can work for the oasis, the little cell of joy and peace in a harried world."
Dorothy Day, June 1946
"And the rich man replied, ‘No, Father Abraham! But if someone is sent to my brothers from the dead, then they will surely repent of their sins and turn to God.’ But Abraham said, ‘If they won’t listen to Moses and the prophets, they will not be persuaded, even if someone rises from the dead.’”
Luke 16:30-31
Maundy Thursday: The English word maundy in the name for the day is derived through Middle English and Old French mandé, from the Latin mandatum, the first word of the phrase 'Mandatum novum do vobis ut diligatis invicem sicut dilexi vos'. A new commandment I give unto you: that you love one another, as I have loved you, that you will also love one another.
You have free will, so that you may read what you want, say what you want, serve who you want, and do what you choose to do.
And there may be no worldly power to stop you.
But unless you love the Lord through your fellows as yourselves, His children, your brothers and sisters, even the least of these, you are not his.
And when you stand before Him alone in judgement, even though you cry out 'Lord, Lord,' as He promised He will say, 'Begone, I do not know you'. And that will be that. A tragic end, so unthinkable that most will not believe it, even though they have been plainly told otherwise, many many times.
Think on this, the next time you choose to play with the animal in yourself, to be unkind, harsh, to serve some worldly power for your pride and personal advantage. For in the end they will claim you, and take you as their own. And that will be that.
For what does it profit a man, indeed?
Most of the option expiration shenanigans were conducted yesterday.
Today the adults left early for their Easter holiday, and the volume on the tape has become quiet.
Stocks finished mostly unchanged after another failed rally attempt into the long weekend.
Who would want to hold risk assets for any length of time now?
Gold and silver were under the usual option pressure, directed mostly at the miners and ETFs.
VIX fell a bit.
The economic and geopolitical risks are being discounted heavily, and are rather underpriced.
Have a joyous Easter. He is risen.
