Create in me a clean heart....

MONDAY.
If ye know these things, happy are ye if ye do them.
– John 13:17.

On Thursday morning the disciples came to Jesus, saying: "Where wilt Thou that we make ready for Thee to eat the Passover?" And He said: "Go into the city to such a man and say to him, The Master saith, My time is at hand; and I will keep the Passover at thy house with my disciples." And the disciples did as Jesus had told them; and they made ready the Passover. Now when the even was come, He sat down with the Twelve.

And there arose also a contention among the disciples which of them should be accounted the greatest. And Jesus rose and laid aside His garment; and He took a towel and girded Himself. After that He poured water into a basin, and began to wash the disciples' feet, and to wipe them with the towel wherewith He was girded. Then cometh He to Simon Peter; and Peter with unto Him "Lord, dost Thou wash my feet?" Jesus answered and said unto him: "What I do thou knowest not now; but thou shalt know hereafter." Peter saith unto Him: "Thou shalt never wash my feet." Jesus answered him: "If I wash thee not, thou hast no part with me." Simon saith unto Him: "Lord, not my feet only, but also my hands and my head." Jesus saith unto him: "He that is washed needeth not save to wash his feet, but is clean every whit. And ye are clean, but not all." For He knew who would betray Him; therefore said He: "Ye are not all clean."
So after He had washed their feet, and had taken His garments, and had sat down again, He said to them: "Know ye what I have done unto you? Ye call me Master and Lord; and ye say well, for so I am. If I, then, your Lord and Master, have washed your feet, ye ought also to wash one another's feet. For I have given you an example that ye should do as I have done to you. Verily, verily, I say unto you, The servant is not greater than his lord; neither is he that is sent greater than he that sent him. If ye know these things, happy are ye if ye do them." (Matthew 26:17-20; Luke 22:24; John 13:1-17.)
We Christians are clean through faith in Christ. He merely needs forgive us the sins which defile us on our journey through this life. And this He gladly does. And so we Christians must also be kind to one another, and willingly forgive one another, and serve one another in every way. If we know these things, happy are we if we do them.

PRAYER. – Lord Jesus, my Savior, I thank You that by Your blood You have cleansed me of all my sins, and that You richly and daily forgive me all my sins. Grant me Your Holy Spirit that I may prove myself Your disciple - gladly forgiving my neighbor when he has offended me, and loving and serving him. Amen.