1ST READING
This
third Servant Song affirms we have to be ready to declare our belief in
God even if it means suffering and death. This will always involve a
struggle with our flesh but one that can be overcome, if we allow our
faith to come to the fore. If we rely upon our own strength, we are
doomed to failure. Let us be sure to place our trust in God and His Holy
Spirit and avoid any delusions of grandeur that might suggest we can
make it on our own.
Isaiah 50:4-9
4 The
Lord God has given me a well-trained tongue, that I might know how to
speak to the weary a word that will rouse them. Morning after morning he opens my ear that I may hear; 5 and I have not rebelled, have not turned back. 6 I
gave my back to those who beat me, my cheeks to those who plucked my
beard; my face I did not shield from buffets and spitting. 7 The
Lord God is my help, therefore, I am not disgraced; I have set my face
like flint, knowing that I shall not be put to shame. 8 He is near who upholds my right; if anyone wishes to oppose me, let us appear together. Who disputes my right? Let him confront me. 9 See, the Lord God is my help; who will prove me wrong?
P S A L M
Psalm 69:8-10, 21-22, 31, 33-34
R: Lord, in your great love, answer me.
7 [8] For your sake I bear insult, and shame covers my face. 8 [9] I have become an outcast to my brothers, a stranger to my mother’s sons, 9 [10] because zeal for your house consumes me, and the insults of those who blaspheme you fall upon me. (R) 20 [21] Insult has broken my heart, and I am weak, I looked for sympathy, but there was none; for consolers, and not one
could I find. 21 [22] Rather they put gall in my food, and in my thirst they gave me vinegar to drink. (R) 30 [31] I will praise the name of God in song, and I will glorify him with thanksgiving; 32 [33] See, you lowly ones, and be glad; you who seek God, may your hearts revive! 33 [34] For the Lord hears the poor, and his own who are in bonds he spurns not.” (R)
GOSPEL
Judas
conspires to betray Jesus for a paltry 30 pieces of silver. By the way,
we betray Him every day for less when we sin against Him. Jesus is
aware that it is Judas who will betray Him. Similarly, we can all be
sure that there will come a time that we will sin against our family or
them against us; we against our friends or them against us. This is the
nature of sin — it tries, and often succeeds, in destroying
relationships.
GOSPEL ACCLAMATION
Hail to you, our King; you alone are compassionate with our errors.
Matthew 26:14-25
14 One of the Twelve, who was called Judas Iscariot, went to the chief priests 15 and said, “What are you willing to give me if I hand him over to you?” They paid him thirty pieces of silver, 16 and from that time on he looked for an opportunity to hand him over. 17 On the first day of the Feast of Unleavened Bread, the disciples approached Jesus
and said, “Where do you want us to prepare for you to eat the Passover?” 18 He said, “Go into the city to a certain man and tell him, ‘The teacher says, My appointed time draws near; in your house I shall celebrate the Passover with my disciples.’” 19 The disciples then did as Jesus had ordered, and prepared the Passover. 20 When it was evening, he reclined at table with the Twelve. 21 And while they were eating, he said, “Amen, I say to you, one of you will betray me.” 22 Deeply distressed at this, they began to say to him one after another, “Surely it is not I, Lord?” 23 He said in reply, “He who has dipped his hand into the dish with me is the one who will betray me. 24 The Son
of Man indeed goes, as it is written of him, but woe to that man by
whom the Son of Man is betrayed. It would be better for that man if
he had never been born.” 25 Then Judas, his betrayer, said in reply, “Surely it is not I, Rabbi?” He answered, “You have said so.”
think: This is the nature of sin — it tries, and often succeeds, in destroying relationships.
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