Reclining at table with his disciples, Jesus was deeply troubled and testified, “Amen, amen, I say to you, one of you will betray me.” (Jn 13:21-33, 36-38)
https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/041222.cfm
Probably the most disturbing words that Jesus ever speaks to the Twelve . . . “one of you will betray me” . . . to the everlasting shame of church leadership in every age. Peter doesn’t fare any better. To Peter’s declaration that he would give his life for Jesus, the Lord responds: “Amen, amen, I say to you, the cock will not crow before you deny me three times.” We take hope in God’s words to the Servant through the prophet Isaiah: “I will make you a light to the nations, that my salvation may reach to the ends of the earth.” We continue to pray for the Ukrainian people.
These reflections are a result of more than 40 years of ministry as a Roman Catholic priest. Most of these years I spent in the Diocese of Charlotte which covers Western North Carolina. Now I am retired, and live in Medellín, Colombia where I continue to serve as a priest in the Archdiocese of Medellín.
Tuesday of Holy Week
