Prayer Prompt before reading JN 13:21-33, 36-38: Come, Holy Spirit, teach me how to pray well, interpret the Scriptures for me so that I may know the Truth about who God the Father is and God the Son so that I may know who I am.
“WHAT ARE YOU WILLING TO GIVE ME IF I HAND HIM OVER TO YOU?” MT 26:14-25
Humbly submit your will to God (Thy Will be done) and consecrate yourself to the Sacred Heart of Jesus through Mary and Joseph.
Judas betrayed Jesus for about $300 in today’s money. Judas and our sins put Jesus on the cross. What we must realize is that our sin is not what hurts Jesus but it distances us from Him. That hurts because He gave all to bring everyone together as a family. Sin hurts us and the people around us. It’s all about relationships. Jesus was betrayed by one of His closest followers. Oh, how much it hurts when we are betrayed by one of our closest loved ones and friends.
God wants our whole heart, mind, soul, and strength. He is all in. He gives all. He is forever faithful. He is love-it’s all He can do. Love wills the good of the other. God ALWAYS wills our good. If anything bad happens to us, it is a result of sin. His love is a sacrificial love which brings forth a new life for us to live free of sin and death forever with him in heaven. A free sacramental gift of Himself that transforms us. What is something you have given all to? What were the results? Now, think about what would happen if you do this in your spiritual life with God who has the power to heal, save, raise, and love.
Today’s challenge: Ask for forgiveness to those you have betrayed. This Holy Week go all in with God and see what happens. Worry less about money, power, pleasure, honor, and more about your soul.
Be a servant, become a saint!
#Christian YODO (You Only Die Once; we will live again!)
What this Gospel told me is that I need to let God Into my life and better appreceate the gift of forgiveness he gave me that he died for.
It was telling me to forgive to those who have betrayed me, and ask for forgiveness from them to those I have betrayed!
In today’s Gospel, Judas is contemplating when he should give Jesus to the chief priests. He found the right time at the Passover and Jesus already knows that this would happen. He then goes to tell every disciple that someone at that table would betray Him. He tells them whomever dips his hand into the dish with Jesus would betray Him. Then Judas dips his hand in.
In the Gospel today, it talks about how someone will betray Jesus. This to me is very sad, and makes me feel bad for Jesus. In our daily lives we can sometimes be like Judas with our sin. So we should all ask God for a better love for him everyday.
Today’s Gospel was about how Judas betrayed Jesus during the Last Supper. Judas is like us we would do anything to make a good buck or lie about our religion just to live. But we shouldn’t do that, we should speak the truth. And then we feel the guilt, Judas felt so guilty that he hanged himself. Just like us we would do anything just to take this feeling of guilt away from our hearts, but it will stay there forever in our minds making us feel bad for the rest of our lives thinking that we should have done something else instead of what we did
“God wants our whole heart, mind, soul, and strength. He is all in. He gives all. He is forever faithful.” God if fully love and fully loves us. We need to choose to love him fully. God is always waiting for us to run to him. When we feel like we have no one God is there and waiting for us to turn to him. God gave us the choice to turn to him or leave him. We have the choice but he is always choosing us.
In today’s Gospel, Judas plans to betray Jesus and he’s offered 30 silver coins to do so. Later, Jesus is arrested and condemned. It wasn’t only Judas that caused Jesus to be distressed and walk the grueling way to His death, it was our sin that caused it. Jesus was sweating blood, His flesh being ripped at the scourging, and the rough, heavy cross crushed Jesus. Yet, Jesus kept going and died on the cross for us. Us. Imagine that. Imagine your family being held hostage and the only way you could save them is going through what Jesus did. I, personally, couldn’t think about carrying the heavy cross that is constantly splintering me. Yet Jesus kept going and did what needed to be done. Knowing that this is the effect of sin, how could we ever sin again? But, Jesus’s death redeemed us and we are given the Sacrament of Confession to redirect our lives to God when we sin. God is always there for us when we are in the worst of the worst. Let God work and change you during this Holy Week.
It is important during this season to accept Jesus into our lives, and remember the gift of Jesus dying on the cross just to save us from sin. Jesus has the last supper and revealed someone would betray him. This shows how Jesus loved Judas, even though he knew Judas would end up betraying him.
In today’s Gospel Jesus has the Last supper. He knew that Judas would betray him and he said “He who has dipped his hand into the dish with me is the one who will betray me.” Judas tried to make it seem like he wasn’t going to be the one to betray him but God sees right through him. Jesus sees everything so you must tell the truth to free yourself.
in today’s scripture reading, it really stuck out to me when it says that when Jesus was crucified, Judas and our sins were all played upon him. we are the reason for the crucifixion, we are the reason Jesus died, but he died for you to resurrect from the dead and save you from your sins. When we sin it does not hurt God, it hurts our distance with God and hurts our relationship with him. But this is why we ask for forgiveness and he helps us to be cleansed from our sins. When we are betrayed by our friends, we feel the same way when Jesus was hurt by Judas. This holy week, we should grow closer to God. God loves you and he wants your heart.If anything bad happens to us, it is a result of sin. His love is a sacrificial love which brings forth a new life for us to live free of sin and death forever with him in heaven Never forgot that Jesus is with you until the end of time, there day, and the week. Have a good rest of your day!!! God loves you so much and he never stops loving. God Bless!!!! Viva Cristo Rey!!!
God wants our whole heart, mind, soul, and strength.We are to give everything to Jesus and to get to heaven.God loves us and he will never stop loving us.
Today’s Gospel told me I need to be more forgiving and Christ-like in my everyday life and be more devout to God.
In todys Gospel Judas has betrayed Jesus. Then they were all eating and then Judas will now betray.
In today’s gospel, Judas talks to the high priest and says that if they pay 30 pieces of silver and if they do they will send Jesus to them. Then it talks about when Jesus gets ready for the last supper. During the Last Supper, Jesus says that one of them will betray him and Judas gets caught.
in today’s gospel Jesus tells the disciples that one of them will betray him. all of the disciples are saying like surely it is not I Lord. It couldn’t be me Lord. I believe that this shows the true human nature of not knowing your true intentions. the way the disciples say it it is as if they don’t know themselves that it is not them when it it believed that you should know your intentions. Judas knows his intention of turning him in and yet because the other disciples are doing it he is also saying that it is not him knowing that Jesus probably knows that its him and that he is lying right to his face.
“what are you willing to give me if i hand him over to you?”
this verse stood out to me because Judas was saying that he would hand over Jesus if they paid him, because he was greedy and probably a little bit selfish, thinking that if he did this thing, that he should get a reward for doing it because he though it was a good deed at the time.
This Gospel passage from Matthew 26:14-25 focuses on the painful reality of betrayal and the power of human choice. The story of Judas trading his friendship with Jesus for thirty pieces of silver serves as a reminder to value our relationships and integrity over temporary rewards like popularity or money. Even as the disciples anxiously asked, “Surely it is not I, Lord?” Jesus showed that He knows our hearts completely, yet He still invited everyone.,including Judas, to sit and eat at His table. This scripture encourages us to be honest about our own mistakes and to strive for loyalty to what is right, even when we are tempted to take the easier path.
The part of this Gospel that stuck out to me was when the apostles and Jesus have the exchange saying, “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?”
This meant to me that we do not want to ever betray Jesus with our sin, but want to know if we have so that we may make it right.
Judas says “Surely it is not I, Rabbi?”. He says this because he either doesn’t think that what he is doing is bad, or he doesn’t want the other apostles suspecting him. I suspect the former, only because satanhas ways of tempting us in ways that we don’t understand, which let us slide easily into sin, sometimes without us even realizing it. Judas may not have even been a bad guy. He was just misled. It is still mostly his fault though, for being so seceptible to temptaation.
In today’s Gospel, Judas asks the chief priest how much he would get in return of giving Jesus to him. He got 30 pieces of silver and Judas was waiting for an opportunity to give them Jesus. At the Last Supper, Jesus says “Amen, I say to you, one of you will betray me.” Then Judas said in reply, “Surely it is not I, Rabbi?” Jesus answered, “You have said so.”
Right now Judas is gonna betray Jesus and he knows. and he isn’t angry with him or tries to stop him. He lets him do what has to do, because he has to die. he has to die for our sins, our debt that we deserve. but he takes it instead, he takes on the brutal punishment and the cross. just for a bunch of sinners, sinners who will turn away from him and who disrespect him. He still loves those same sinners, those sinners are us and he loves all of us no matter what we do he never stop loving us.
what I found interesting with this gospel was that Jesus new who was going to betray him but he told them that one was going to do that and said they all said “surely it cant be me lord.” but Jesus said to them He who has dipped his hand into the dish with me is the one who will betray me. I think why I found this interesting is that because I want to know why he would of said that or tell them.
“He is all in.” This stood out to me partially because I like poker games and also because it is a pretty simple statement but it is so powerful.
This passage highlights the tragic contrast between Jesus’ selfless love in preparing the Passover and Judas’ cold calculation to betray him for thirty pieces of silver, the price of a slave. It serves as a somber reminder that betrayal can come from within, challenging us to examine our own hearts for the times we prioritize selfish gain over loyalty to Christ.
“WHAT ARE YOU WILLING TO GIVE ME IF I HAND HIM OVER TO YOU?” What this means to me is that I need to put God over all things. Even when physical objects tempt us we must turn to God and put God first. I should be less materialistic.
This gospel talks about the impact of sin on relationships with God and others, showing God’s sacrificial love and desire for total commitment.
Judas turned in Jesus for thirty pieces of silver. That adds up to about 450 dollars in today’s money. Judas loved money. That is why he was the groups’ treasury, but he loved money so much that he gave Jesus to the people. At the last supper Jesus made known to the disciples that Judas would be the one to betray Him
In this reading, Jesus reveals that one of his disciples will betray him. I think we all think down on Judas Iscariot because he betrayed Jesus in this big way but we all betray Jesus everyday when we sin, even if it wasnt a mortal sin
This Gospel reminds me that Jesus forgives. We might do bad things to Jesus but He still loves us and will be with us.
“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.” This part stood out to me, I think because I have never really though Jesus ever “wishing” death upon a person, even if it was written in scripture and while I know that’s not exactly what He means, it was still my first impression of the two sentences.
Jesus knew that he was going to die and he did not complain or blame us he just did it willingingly. Jesus died so we could have eternal lfe and he went through a lot of pain and suffering. So if Jesus is going to go through all of that for for we should look up to him and start building a relationship.
Something that stuck out to me was “What are you willing to give me if I hand him over to you?” this reminds me that some people think money = happiness which is a lie as it happened with Judas Iscariot he thought he would be happy if he turned him in and got the money but after he was sad and mad at himself so he committed suicide. People, love, family, and friends are worth more that money, phones, and other things that are from this world because we will not have them when we reach heaven.
Jesus talks about how the same person that dipped from his bowl will betray Jesus. Judas was one of the 12, one of Jesus’s closest friends was the man who betrayed him. This goes to show those who you think might be your closest friends can betray you.
Today Jesus is saying that he knows that someone is going to betray him. He has not heard from anyone anything about this he just knows. It’s amazing but it’s a sad situation. We can’t be those people saying “surely it is not I Lord” because we are all sinners when we sin we are betraying Jesus but not in a way as bad as Judas. We have to see our sins and acknowledge them.
what this means to me is that we need to forgive others and not just hold a grudge against them he wants us to love other like we do he doesn’t want us to hate each other. Jesus was betrayed by Judas and instead of holding a grudge against him he forgave him he did the exact opposite of what other people would do. When you hold a grudge against someone it doesn’t fix anything if you forgive it takes stress off yourself and makes you happier.
what I think the Lord is saying to tell me Is that even though Judas betrayed him with a kiss he still loves him. Judas might not but Jesus still does.I think that now that Money and electronics and AI are very big now we have all of these destractions to put a wall between the lord kind of like what Judas did he detrayed Jesus but got money out of it. We should not build a wall between us we should break it and learn how to love Jesus not go farther away from him from where you started.
I think the phrase ¨Jesus was betrayed by one of His closest followers. Oh, how much it hurts when we are betrayed by one of our closest loved ones and friends.¨ Is important because betrayel isnt just something that happens when people stab eachtoher in the back but also as simply as talking behind somebodies back or gossiping about them. Jesus had a member of his disciples betray him, which was basically his close family so think about that when your gossiping about people and think of how hurtful it is too know people are talking about you like that.
“What we must realize is that our sin is not what hurts Jesus but it distances us from Him”.
this really stuck out to me because a lot people don’t understand this part. When we sin we separate a little but from Jesus, but it doesn’t hurt him because sinning is human, it just separate’s us from him.
When we sin, it hurts other people even though we don’t see it, because of relationships. Betrayal can be serious as well as relationships, betrayal affects relationship and that why people can feel the sin even though we cant see or feel it. it hurts a lot especially when its someone close to us.
COMMENT“WHAT ARE YOU WILLING TO GIVE ME IF I HAND HIM OVER TO YOU?” in today´s
gospel Jesus is telling us we have our own free will and we need to hose what
is to write and stay on the right path.
Sin be=acks the reliship with are Lord. I puts us farther and farther away from him. they only think that heal that realiship with him is confession. confession brings us back to the light of christ. But you need to also ask others for forgives you cant just move one in your life after you do something wroung you have to forgive. forgiveness is the key to life
“WHAT ARE YOU WILLING TO GIVE ME IF I HAND HIM OVER TO YOU?” MT 26:14-25. Something that stood out to me about this was that one of Jesus disciples is asking someone how much they are willing to give him if he turns Jesus over to him.
This is saying that when we tell ourselves that we are doing the right thing when we are really doing the opposite, it does not change the way that God sees the action.
“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.”
Judas only though Jesus was 30 pieces of SILVER no Gold, Silver. Jesus is worth so much more than silver and Gold. He is worth our own life, he is worth all our blood, sweat, tears, and hard work. Jesus is not Silver; nor Gold. He is Life.
Something that stuck with me when i read this is that we always blame Judas for being the guy that ratted him out and Adam Eve whom ate the fruit and created sin. it wasnt just them that sinned yeah they may have done some of the biggest and most known sins ever known but everytime we sin were basically eating the fruit, we are basically ratting Jesus out everytime we sin and disobey him and sin. The reason i thought this is cause they werent the only ones whom sinned we are also responsible for putting Jesus on that cross.
“Morning after morning
he opens my ear that I may hear” This means God gave us everything we need to a a human being, We have everything we need. But if we need something else from Him, then all you have to do is just talk to Him. He made us perfectly.
God is always faithful and always has been faithful to us, and all he asks for of us is to be as faithful as he is. He also wants us to be strong in our minds, souls, and bodies and doesn’t want us to give up on him.
In today’s Gospel, I think God is trying to tell me that we must strive to be loyal to Him. There may be doubts that can crawl that say that this guy isn’t right or He is just random person that got famous. Never listen to those thoughts that might spread things that wrong. Just trust in God and look for signs that He tries to show us to affirm His presence. Always stay loyal to Him because he is the one who saved us.
In today’s Gospel, Jesus tells His Disciples that someone is going to betray Him. We need to accept our sins and know that God always knows everything we do and say. We need to be open to God and let Him take control. This week is the most important week of Jesus’ life. We need to remember why we celebrate Easter, and why Jesus died for us. If we can let go and let Jesus take the wheel, we will be happier and grow closer to Christ.
The message I got from today’s gospel is that I should learn to forgive those who hurt me. Judas wronged Jesus and I think we can learn from this situation by forgiving those who hurt us.
In today’s gospel Judas betrays Jesus for 30 pieces of silver. We may be thinking that’s such a low amount of money, but we do that for less. The difference though is that we have confession to ask for God’s forgiveness. In God’s forgiveness we become brand new.
In today’s Gospel Jesus is talking about one of his disciples betraying him. All of them basically asked him “Surely not I Lord” saying that THEY don’t even know if they are gonna betray him or if one of the others will. I feel like Judas when I lie or something and it feels wrong because it feels like I’m betraying Him. That is why we shouldn’t lie.
“What are you willing to give me if i hand him over to you?”
This really stood out to me because Judas was saying that he would hand over Jesus if they paid him, because he was greedy and probably a little bit selfish, thinking that if he did this thing, that he should get a reward for doing it.
Judas’s betrayal of Jesus is a complicated (well sort of) topic. I feel like Judas knew deep, DEEP down what he was doing was wrong, but he was too filled with selfishness and greed to the point that it clouded his judgement. Judas was too attached to worldly objects, the opposite of what we need to be like. But it’s hard not to want to buy something just because you like it, or say something just because you want to. We need to be like Jesus.