+These final days of Holy Week take us to the heart of our Christian faith, immerse us in the mystery of Christ’s death and resurrection that touches every aspect of our daily lives. We are called daily to die with Christ so that we may live continually in newness of life.
Isaiah tells us of God’s servant whose ear opened morning after morning that he may hear and not turn back. Our reading from Matthew’s gospel tells of God’s Servant Jesus being betrayed by one of those supposedly closest to him. This takes place as the celebration of the Passover is underway, the feast that stands at the center of the whole history of the chosen people.
When Jesus tells the twelves that one of them is going to betray him, they began to say to him one after another, “Surely it is not I, Lord?” There is in the hearts of each of them, as in each of us, the awareness of what anyone of us is capable of except for the grace of God. This is truly a holy awareness, one that grounds us in authentic humility. As we grow in it, the more we are living our faith and become signs of new life that reveals the reign of God in our world today.