Austin Bomber and Judas Hid Their Hearts Well
At the Last Supper, there was a mystery among the apostles. When Jesus said: “Truly I tell you, one of you will betray me,” the apostles were mystified. “Surely you don’t mean me, Lord?” they asked.
At the Last Supper, there was a mystery among the apostles. When Jesus said: “Truly I tell you, one of you will betray me,” the apostles were mystified. “Surely you don’t mean me, Lord?” they asked.
On Holy Thursday, at the precipice of his horrible suffering and death, Jesus stated his deepest desire. He knew upon leaving the Last Supper, that it would be a short time before he was inflicted with unimaginable suffering and crucifixion.
“It always amazes me that at the Last Supper, when Jesus said, ‘One of you will betray me,’ that no one knew who it was,” Msgr. Thomas Richter said during a Holy Week homily. Such secrecy, he pointed out, is what led to Judas’s betrayal of Christ. All of Christendom thinks “betrayer” at the name…