Gospel: Matthew 26:14-25
One of the Twelve, who was called Judas Iscariot, went to the chief
priests and said, “What are you willing to give me if I hand him over to you?”
They paid him thirty pieces of silver, and from that time on he looked for an
opportunity to hand him over.
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?” 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.” The disciples then did as Jesus had ordered,
and prepared the Passover.
When it was evening, he reclined at table with the Twelve. And while they
were eating, he said, “Amen, I say to you, one of you will betray me.”
Deeply distressed at this, they began to say to him one after another, “Surely
it is not I, Lord? He said in reply, “He who has dipped his hand into the dish
with me is the one who will betray me. 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. Then Judas, his betrayer,
said in reply, “Surely it is not I, Rabbi?” He answered, “You have said so.”
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Reflection:
Are we lovers of money or do we allow money to take control of us?
What a shame that Judas betrayed Jesus for thirty pieces of silver it was
again his greed for money that made him betray Jesus. Money indeed can make
people do inhuman things such as betrayal of one’s trust. The love for money is
indeed the root of all evils (1 Timothy 6:10).
If Judas did not love money or if he did not allow money to take
control of him he would not have betrayed Jesus. But he loved money and he
allowed money to get the better of him. Don’t we sometimes also betray Jesus
for our love and greed for money?
In what other way do we betray Jesus? When we are also so much greedy for
power not only in secular organizations. We also betray Jesus when we are
greedy with power to head church organizations. We must not let ourselves be
taken by any form of greed fro greed is from Satan. Instead of loving money why
not hate it like a plague by sharing it with those who are in need? Many are
going hungry right now caused by this Covid-19 pandemic, let us therefore share
whatever money that we have with them.
Let us share it because it’s in sharing our blessings that we would
receive more blessings from the Lord. – Marino J. Dasmarinas
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