A meditation preached at Kintore College on April 15, 2025, Holy Wednesday.

Matt 26, 25: One of the Twelve, the man called Judas Iscariot, went to the chief priests and said, ‘What are you prepared to give me if I hand him over to you?’ They paid him thirty silver pieces, and from that moment he looked for an opportunity to betray him. Such painful words, at an agonizing time for our Lord. He was chosen as one of the apostles. One for who he had dreams. The most painful realities are not physical. It is the weight of abandonment, betrayal and rejection.

Music: Michael Lee, of Toronto

Thumbnail: Giotto, Betrayal of Jesus, fresco in Padua, Scrovegni chapel 1304.