Those who go out weeping, bearing the seed for sowing, shall come home with shouts of joy, carrying their sheaves.
Psalm 126:6
Christ, whose feet were caressed with perfume and a woman’s hair, you humbly took a basin and towel and washed the feet of your friends: wash us also in your tenderness, that, in bracing your service freely, we may accept no other bondage in your name.
Amen.