Judas Iscariot has always been a character that, personally always has intrigued me. Doesn’t say much about him in the Gospels, only some details… that he was in charge of the economy of the group, that he was upset when he saw Mary, sister of Martha and Lazarus, pouring perfume on the feet of Christ, that he was a thief and named as the traitor.
Thinking about all this I wondered what happened to you Judas that cause you to betray Christ. Many people think that Judas saw Christ as the Messiah before all others recognize him, but because Christ wasn’t the “Rambo” that warrior that will deliver them and lead the revolution, he was disappointed and for this reason he betrayed him.
There is a priest who wrote a book called the death of the Messiah, his name is Fr. Raymond Brown. This priest, give us some theories about Judas that has been developed by various theologians. One of them suggests that Judas Iscariot is a fictional character, that the gospel writer use him to portrait all of us when we betray or reject Christ when he doesn’t fit our plan or what we want … so we look to the other side and walk away from Him.
To me, personally I am like this theory, and make me think… on how many times we become Judas, the traitor, what are the things that are those 30 silver coins? Are they worth of the things that Christ gave us? (Salvation, freedom, forgiveness) I wonder where are our priorities?
it is possible that 2,000 years later, recognizing that Judas betrayed Christ, we still get sick to our stomach and make us mad and loose our peace… are we recognizing how we betray Jesus in oir daily life?
I do not understand this… And can’t understand how Judas didn’t saw the love that Christ showed him. The same loves us.
We reflect today on this love which Christ offers to us and I asked you to meditate on how you are betraying Christ. Remember that the sin of Judas was not to accept the love, salvation and forgiveness that Christ gave us by his sacrifice for the salvation of our souls.
P Hector