Saturday, 6/24/17
In the time of John and Jesus,
the human dignity of servants excused
them from undoing a master’s dirty sandals. That was one thing that the master
had to do for himself. So, John, by saying he was nor worthy to undo the sandals
of Jesus, was saying that compared to Jesus he was below the level of the lowest
servant.
John’s memorable tribute to
Jesus came in his saying, “He must increase, while I must decrease. It was his
chosen life of penance in the desert, subsisting on locust and wild honey, that
gave him that conquest of self love.
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