DGeMs- Daily Gospel eMessage
Dear Friend in the Lord,
“Judas’ Betrayal of Jesus”: In today’s Gospel, at the Last Supper, Jesus proclaimed to His apostles that Judas, would betray Him. Ponder on, “Judas had the freedom not to betray Jesus. Yet, Jesus allowed him to choose to betray Him. Likewise, when we sin, we also have the freedom not to sin and not to cause Jesus and others to suffer.
Fr Philip Heng, S.J.
Matthew 26:17-18, 20-25
On the first day of Unleavened Bread the disciples came to Jesus to say, ‘Where do you want us to make the preparations for you to eat the Passover?’ He said, ‘Go to a certain man in the city and say to him, “The Master says: My time is near. It is at your house that I am keeping Passover with my disciples” ’
When evening came he was at table with the Twelve. And while they were eating he said, ‘In truth I tell you, one of you is about to betray me.’ They were greatly distressed and started asking him in turn, ‘Not me, Lord, surely?’
He answered, ‘Someone who has dipped his hand into the dish with me will betray me. The Son of man is going to his fate, as the scriptures say he will, but alas for that man by whom the Son of man is betrayed! Better for that man if he had never been born!’ Judas, who was to betray him, asked in his turn, ‘Not me, Rabbi, surely?’ Jesus answered, ‘It is you who say it.’