To Dine in Pretense is to betray like Judas (HOMILY FOR WEDNESDAY OF THE HOLY WEEK APRIL 2023
HOMILY FOR WEDNESDAY OF HOLY WEEK Isaiah 50:4-9a; Ps.69; Matthew 26:14-25 To Dine in Pretense is to betray like Judas Today, we read of Matthew’s account of the betrayer of Judas Iscariot. Yesterday, we read that of John. Reading about Judas’ action a second time gives us another opportunity to reflect more deeply into what he did and how we may be trending his path consciously or unconsciously. Matthew’s account says that Judas visited the Chief priests and collected thirty pieces of silver from them with the promise to deliver Jesus to them. This, Judas did, even before the Passover meal. Funny enough, he still partook of the meal not as a sign of sharing common life with Jesus, but in search of an opportunity to betray Jesus. This is something that is quite common. How often do we bear grudges or reservations about people but will never dare to talk to them about it? Sometimes we smile and praise people but deep within us we are not happy with them. Sometimes too, when people approa...