THE PRICE OF BETRAYAL.

JUDAS ACCEPTED 30 PIECES OF SILVER TO BETRAY JESUS.

Gospel:

"One of the Twelve, who was called Judas Iscariot,

went to the chief priests and said,

“What are you willing to give me

if I hand him over to you?”

They paid him thirty pieces of silver,

and from that time on he looked for an opportunity to hand him over.

On the first day of the Feast of Unleavened Bread,

the disciples approached Jesus and said,

“Where do you want us to prepare

for you to eat the Passover?”

He said,

“Go into the city to a certain man and tell him,

‘The teacher says, "My appointed time draws near;

in your house I shall celebrate the Passover with my disciples.”

The disciples then did as Jesus had ordered,

and prepared the Passover.

When it was evening,

he reclined at table with the Twelve.

And while they were eating, he said,

“Amen, I say to you, one of you will betray me.”

Deeply distressed at this,

they began to say to him one after another,

“Surely it is not I, Lord?”

He said in reply,

“He who has dipped his hand into the dish with me

is the one who will betray me.

The Son of Man indeed goes, as it is written of him,

but woe to that man by whom the Son of Man is betrayed.

It would be better for that man if he had never been born.”

Then Judas, his betrayer, said in reply,

“Surely it is not I, Rabbi?”

He answered, “You have said so.” (Matthew 26: 14 - 25). 

On Wednesday of the Holy Week 2026, the word of God presents for our reflection: Sin, Betrayal and Repentance. 

The word "Betrayal" is used in today's Gospel, Matthew 26: 14 - 25 six times.  

You may call it:  Betrayal Wednesday in Holy Week. 

 What do you think of the mystery of sin and betrayal? 

Every single sin is a betrayal of Jesus.  

The question is:

What is your price? What is it that you love and prefer to Jesus?

Money, Power or Pleasure? 

Your answer is the price you ask for your  betrayal of Jesus. 

Awake, O sinner, and arise from your sleep, and Christ will give you light.  (Cf Ephesians 5: 14)

We enter a brand new month on Wednesday: APRIL. 

In April, the Church honors the Most Holy Eucharist. 

The Church teaches:

“The Eucharist is ‘the source and summit of the Christian life." CCC 1324. 

St Thomas Aquinas, OP is the preeminent Doctor of the Church on the Eucharist. He teaches:

“The Eucharist is the true Passover, in which Christ, the true Lamb, is sacrificed for our sins, and His body and blood are given to us as food and drink, for our spiritual nourishment and redemption.”

In the Eucharist, 

therefore, there is present in a 

sacramental way, that is, under the 

Eucharistic species of bread and wine, 

Christ whole and entire, God and Man."

My flesh is real food and My blood is real drink says the Lord. 

For Teachings, Prayers and Prayer intentions click the link:

http://seekfirst.blogspot.com/2024/03/the-holy-eucharist_31.html?m=1

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