21 After Jesus had said this, he was deeply troubled and declared openly, “I am telling you the truth: one of you is going to betray me.”
22 The disciples looked at one
another, completely puzzled about whom he meant.
23 One of the disciples, the one
whom Jesus loved, was sitting next to Jesus.
24 Simon Peter motioned to him and
said, “Ask him whom he is talking about.”
25 So that disciple moved closer to
Jesus' side and asked, “Who is it, Lord?”
26 Jesus answered, “I will dip some
bread in the sauce and give it to him; he is the man.” So he took a piece of
bread, dipped it, and gave it to Judas, the son of Simon Iscariot.
27 As soon as Judas took the bread,
Satan entered into him. Jesus said to him, “Hurry and do what you must!”
28 None of the others at the table
understood why Jesus said this to him.
29 Since Judas was in charge of the
money bag, some of the disciples thought that Jesus had told him to go and buy
what they needed for the festival, or to give something to the poor.
30 Judas accepted the bread and
went out at once. It was night.
31 After Judas had left, Jesus
said, “Now the Son of Man's glory is revealed; now God's glory is revealed
through him.
32 And if God's glory is revealed
through him, then God will reveal the glory of the Son of Man in himself, and
he will do so at once.
33 My children, I shall not be with
you very much longer. You will look for me; but I tell you now what I told the
Jewish authorities, ‘You cannot go where I am going.’
36 “Where are you going, Lord?”
Simon Peter asked him.
“You cannot follow me now where I am
going,” answered Jesus; “but later you will follow me.”
37 “Lord, why can't I follow you now?”
asked Peter. “I am ready to die for you!”
38 Jesus answered, “Are you really
ready to die for me? I am telling you the truth: before the rooster crows you
will say three times that you do not know me.
Reflection:
“I am telling you the truth: one of you is going to betray me.” Jesus
knows that Judas will betray him. He let Judas do what he must do. The prophecy
must materialize. The betrayal must be done. To let everything happen according
to God’s will.
In relation to everybody’s life, not all of the people you’ll meet will
be of help for you. Some are there to give a test, a challenge to be strong,
brave, courageous, and even to become faithful in facing every problem in life.
Every person you meet, whether what you had done had been successful or failure,
is according to the will of the Lord. Some will be a bad influence to you, but it
is up to you how you are going to face the situation. Every single move has the
capacity to change your life; and even the whole world. Just like the betrayal
of Judas that caused the death of our Lord on the cross, and changed the whole
world.
How can you be a reason for a change?
I think Mahatma Gandhi summarizes the
best answer to that question when he said, “You must be the change you wish to
see in the world.”
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