On the previous day Jesus had told His disciples at their final meal together, "I give you a new commandment: love one another as I have loved you¡KThe greatest love a person can show is to give one's life for one's friends¡K" Today as we follow the liturgy and especially as we listen to the reading of the Passion we see the full significance of Jesus' words. None of us is likely ever to have to go through anything remotely like what the Son of God was subjected to. And it was not only the physical suffering but the total degradation of a human being, dragged through the streets, triumphantly mocked by his enemies as he hangs stark naked in a public place. As Paul will tell us later, "He emptied himself." Love could not have gone any further than this. Today is a day for me to say 'Thank you' to God and then to ask myself how I can give myself in love for brothers and sisters. For as often as I do/don't do something for them, I do/don't do it for Jesus.