After that he poured water into a basin, and began to wash the disciples' feet, and to wipe them with the towel with which he was girded.
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George Leo Haydock
AD 1849
St. Ambrose and St. Bernard show that this washing was mysterious, and significative of the very great purity expected of those that receive the blessed Eucharist.
