RB: Ch 55:15-22
Mass: s 50:4-9; Resp Ps 69; Mt 26:14-25
Lord, in your great love, answer me.
HAIL TO YOU, OUR KING; YOU ALONE ARE COMPASSIONATE WITH OUR ERRORS.
(Verse before the Gospel, Mass)
It is the versicle above that takes me to Judas's second question in today's Gospel: "Surely, it is not I, Rabbi?" (Mt 26:25). Yes, Judas, you. The one looking for an opportunity to hand over Jesus (Mt 26:16). But before I go pointing a finger at Judas, I turn to Romano Guardini in The Lord (p. 412):
We have little cause to speak of "the traitor" with indignation or as someone far away and long ago. Judas himself unmasks us. We understand his Christian significance in the measure that we understand him from our own negative possibilities, and we should beg God not to let the treachery into which we constantly fall become fixed within us. The name Judas stands for established treason, betrayal that has sealed the heart, preventing it from finding the road back to genuine contrition.
Our ever-merciful, compassionate, forgiving and loving God loves each and every one of us, no matter what. Help us, living and true God, to open our hearts to your healing love.
HEART OF JESUS, SACRED TEMPLE OF GOD,
HAVE MERCY ON US.
We pray with the Holy Father:
Let us pray today for people who during this time of the pandemic, trade at the expense of the needy and profit from the needs of others, like the mafia, usurers and others. May the Lord touch their hearts and convert them.
© Gertrude Feick 2020
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