Wednesday April 12
There is something sadly ironic about the exchange between Jesus and his disciples. Here’s Jesus unburdening his soul to his closest friends, trusted disciples: “One of you will betray me.” The fact that the Master would soon be betrayed does not shock them, but they are more worried about if it might be “me” who would end up doing it! So they take turns to ask him: “You do not mean me, do you, Lord?” What a shocking failure of empathy!
Come to think of it, we might be no different than the apostles. Aren’t we sometimes tempted to be more concerned about our personal spiritual welfare and being right with God than about the sufferings of the poor and the many social evils around us wherein Jesus gets continually betrayed and killed?
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Judas is the subject of today's Gospel. The first scene shows the palace of the High Priest where Judas seals the deal of betrayal and receives the money he had claimed. The second scene takes place in the room where Jesus dines with the twelve. The betrayal is consummated with two hands found near the same plate and with a cold you've said it yourself that unmasks the crime that will be committed. In the depths of our hearts sometimes we are consumed by betrayals of our plan of faith and love. Judas is not far away after all.
