Gospel: Mark
3:13-19
Jesus
went up the mountain and summoned those whom he wanted and they came to him. He
appointed Twelve, whom he also named Apostles, that they might be with him and
he might send them forth to preach and to have authority to drive out demons: He
appointed the Twelve: Simon, whom he named Peter; James, son of Zebedee, and
John the brother of James, whom he named Boanerges, that is, sons of thunder; Andrew,
Philip, Bartholomew, Matthew, Thomas, James the son of Alphaeus; Thaddeus,
Simon the Cananean, and Judas Iscariot who betrayed him.
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Reflection:
How do
you deal with betrayal?
Jesus
appointed the twelve to be His apostles; it means that they would be His
supporter, helper, co-missioners and co-propagators of the gospel. It means
also that they would stick it out with Jesus until the very end even at the
cost of their life.
Unfortunately
there was one who betrayed Him in exchange for thirty pieces of silver (Matthew
26:14-16). Betrayal is an unfortunate incident that happens to all of us,
sometimes those whom we trust or even love are the very people who would betray
us.
But we
must learn from Jesus on how He handled Judas’ betrayal. He did not seek
revenge for He knew that nothing good would come out of it. He just let it be
and He continued to do His mission and let Judas deal with himself.
Eventually
Judas was bothered by his conscience and had a realization he returned the
money to the chief priest. Then, he went away and hanged himself (Matthew
27:3-5).
There
would be those who will betray our trust even love. How should we react if
say for example we pass through this betrayal? Should we get back at him/her and
get even? Of course not! If we get even we are no different from the person
who betrayed us.
Let us
follow Jesus’ example when he dealt with Judas betrayal. – Marino J. Dasmarinas
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