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Catholic Charities USA
Wednesday of Holy Week
Readings of the Day
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The story of love and betrayal haunts the gospel today.
Judas Iscariot is about to hand Jesus over to his death. How can
someone who lived with Jesus for three years, who loved him, even
called him "rabbi" at this last supper, betray him? Even
Jesus knew that Judas was about to betray him.
Biblical scholars speculate about his reason for setting Jesus up to
be arrested, but little is known about him. What we can surmise is
that Judas' betrayal was an embarrassment to the early Christian
communities. We know Judas came from Iscariot, an area in Palestine
known for radical sects that desired to overthrow the oppressive Roman
regime.
Coming to Jerusalem for the high holy days may have led Judas to think
he could push Jesus to use this chaotic time to foment revolution and
finally reveal who he really is - the long-awaited warrior
messiah! But that was not Jesus' mission. Jesus' life was
about proclaiming and revealing God's love for the poor, the
sick, the imprisoned, the vulnerable. When Jesus was condemned
to death, Judas realized his error. He knew Jesus was an
innocent man. Distraught by what he had done, he committed suicide.
It is hard to grasp how someone who says they love you can also betray
you. We will never know what was going through Judas' head at
the time. We do know that the other disciples were afraid, which led
them to protect themselves and even deny Jesus. In our own time, in
our nation, in our communities, and even in our churches, we encounter
selfish acts, hear vitriolic words of hated, and stand before others
who reject the poor, refugees, the imprisoned, people with a different
color of skin, and yet stay silent, fearful of the cost of getting
involved. In doing so we turn away from God and betray love.
Today we stand on the brink of the Sacred Triduum, three days when we
remember Jesus' story and recommit ourselves to his mission.
During these days we proclaim that love overcomes evil, even in
the darkest moments of our lives and in our world. We know that we are
empowered to be faithful and to be the beloved community of Christ by
standing with the poor and rejected, proclaiming good news of
God's love for all.
Catholic Charities lives this mission by being a place of welcome,
healing, and hope for refugees and migrants, the abandoned, the
imprisoned, the hated and the rejected, and for the many people who
need healing. They do this as a community of love.
Let us pray to receive God's love poured upon us. May we
continue to embrace the mission of Jesus - living truth, being
people of hope, faithful in proclaiming good news, and living in
fidelity to God's radical love for us.
Kathy Brown, a Board Member of Catholic Charities of Maine, worked for
Catholic Charities USA as Senior Director of Mission Integration and
Catholic Identity. For 40 years she worked in various church
ministries and served as the Regional Coordinator for Caritas North
America for 14 years. She and her husband, Scott, currently live
in Gardiner, Maine, where Kathy serves on the city council. Kathy has
a MDiv and MA in Theology from St. Paul University, Ottawa
Canada.
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