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[anastpaul]

One Minute Reflection - 17 April - “Amen, I say to you, one of you will betray me.”

One Minute Reflection – 17 April – “Amen, I say to you, one of you will betray me.”

One Minute Reflection – 17 April – Wednesday of Holy Week, Gospel: Matthew 26:14-25

When it was evening, he sat at table with the twelve disciples and as they were eating, he said, “Amen, I say to you, one of you will betray me.”...Matthew 26:20-21

REFLECTION– “He took other human friends, when He had given up His Mother—the twelve Apostles—as if He desired that in which He might sympathise. He…

[angelwing44]

April 13 -Matthew 26:14-25 "My Appointed Time Draws Near"

[emilieletranger]

#ootd I wanted to try a "penance"of sorts in commemoration of #SpyWednesday (I've heard it also called the Day of Loneliness), the day Judas betrayed Jesus Christ for 30 pieces of silver. I gathered 30 separate silver things to wear and tried to reflect on those things I sell out Jesus for: gossip, noise, social media (this is an especially big one for me), pride, jealousy, etc. I noticed a few things reflecting on it throughout the day. First, wearing 30 of anything can be uncomfortable, and I found myself adjusting the chains, trying to keep them in order, untangling them, detaching them from the buttons they'd easily get stuck to. It made me wonder if Judas struggled to keep appearances in order after deciding to betray his own teacher, friend, Messiah. Lies are hard to untangle, hard to keep in order, like multiple chains hanging on your neck or loose bangles falling down your wrist as you go about your day. Second, after getting a little used to the chains, I looked at them and thought how nice they really look, what an attractive accessory, chic and elegant. Like Judas, it's easy for me to be attracted to silver (it's a pretty metal), attracted to things that will or could distance me from Christ. There is vanity there, in sin. Finally, I realized that most of the silver I wore was around my neck, unintentionally (at first) connecting to Judas hanging himself in regret of his action. I physically wore what he ultimately died under the weight of. But instead of keeping it there, I can physically remove those rrepresentations of sin, temptation, and shame. Unlike Judas, I can positively act against my own failings and sins against Christ. And I choose to. I fail in so many ways, but here it us today, and every day, and every moment if needed: the chance to choose Christ and His life, however much temptation or shame gets in the way. #dayofloneliness #desolation #betrayal #WednesdayofHolyWeek #black #silver #thirtypiecesofsilver #thirtypiecepenance #reminder #reflection #remembrance #prayer #conviction #repentance #

[janyg0rge0us-blog]

Wednesday of Holy Week

COLLECT PRAYER

O God, who willed your Son to submit for our sake to the yoke of the Cross, so that you might drive from us the power of the enemy, grant us, your servants, to attain the grace of the resurrection. Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever.

Luke 9:23-24

23 Then he said to them all: “Whoever wants to be my disciple must deny themselves and take up their cross daily and follow me. 24 For whoever wants to save their life will lose it, but whoever loses their life for me will save it.

omnem novitatem attulit, semestipsum afferens

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