JESUS ALWAYS LOVED HIS OWN

Jesus always loved his own

and he showed it to the full;

When at supper from the table,

He got up and took a towel.

Then he wrapped it round His waist,

in a basin water poured.

Then began to wash the feet of all his friends.

Jesus always loved his own

and he showed it to the full;

When He came to Simon Peter,

the apostle said to him:

“Never shall you wash my feet.”

Then the Lord replied to him:

“It is not for you to know what now I do.”

Jesus always loved his own

and he showed it to the full;

When He said to Simon Peter:

“If I do not wash your feet,

You can have no part with me.”

Then said Peter to his Lord:

“Wash my hands, my head and not my feet alone.”

Jesus always loved his own

and he showed it to the full;

He has set us an example

that we do as He has done.

Can a servant greater be

than his master Christ, the Lord?

If we know and do this,

happy we shall be.

Know, my people, what I’ve done to you:

Lord you call me, It is what I am.

If then I, your Lord, deigned to wash your feet,

You should do the same and wash each other’s feet.