Spy Wednesday: The Hidden Deal 🕯️

Spy Wednesday carries a sadness that sinks in slowly.

In today’s reflection, we sit with one of the more unsettling truths of Holy Week: betrayal rarely begins all at once. More often, it starts in the hidden places — in disappointment left unattended, in compromise we justify, and in the slow drift from trust into negotiation.

Judas handing Jesus over is the visible heartbreak. But Spy Wednesday also asks us to look beneath it, at the sadness underneath disappointment and the small agreements that can cool love over time.

This episode of From Hosanna to Alleluia is an invitation to honesty before the Triduum begins. To let Jesus bring into the light whatever has been hidden, compromised, or buried. Holy Week is not meant to flatter us. It is meant to free us.

In this episode:

✨ How betrayal often begins in secret before it becomes visible

Opening Scripture:

“What are you willing to give me if I hand him over to you?” — Matthew 26:15 📖

A question to carry into prayer:

What hidden deals am I carrying — and what needs to be brought into the light before I walk into the holiest days of the year? 🤍

Part of From Hosanna to Alleluia, a special Holy Week series from Choppin’ Wood.

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