REFLECTION/HOMILY FOR TUESDAY OF HOLY WEEK 26TH MARCH 2024
REFLECTION/HOMILY FOR TUESDAY OF HOLY WEEK 26TH MARCH 2024 Isaiah 49:1-6; Ps.71; John 13:21-33, 36-38 You too will be betrayed The pain of betrayer can be so intense, devastating and everlasting. People who have passed through great ordeals in life, continue to suffer, not necessarily due to the effect of the ordeal but based on the thought of the one who was responsible for the ordeal – a dear one, from whom they never expected such negativity. Today, many persons have adjusted in their acts of kindness, charity and godliness because the past of experience of being repaid evil for their good, continues to serve as a deterrent. Jesus too was betrayed, but he was able to evade the whole culture of stop being good as a result of the shock of betrayer. In today’s gospel, Jesus calmly predicted the betrayer of Judas and the denial of Peter. It is interesting that Jesus was able to maintain so much calm with knowledge of such magnitude. He did not begin to give Judas or Peter some altitude ...