# Wednesday of Holy Week – Repent and Believe in the Gospel
*2015-03-31*

> Bill reflects on Matthew 26:14‑15, 20‑25, focusing on Judas’ betrayal and the call to repentance during Holy Week.

## Scripture Reading

We hear Matthew 26:14‑15, 20‑25. “Then one of the twelve, whose name was Judas Iscariot, went to the chief priests and said, ‘What will you give me if I deliver him over to you?’ And they paid him thirty pieces of silver. When it was evening, he reclined at the table with the twelve. While they were eating, he said, ‘Truly, I tell you, one of you will betray me.’ They were greatly distressed and began to say to him one after another, ‘Surely not I, Lord.’ He answered, ‘The one who has dipped his hand with me in the bowl will betray me.’ The Son of Man will go as it is written about him, but woe to the one by whom the Son of Man is betrayed. It would have been better for that one not to have been born.’ Judas, who betrayed him, said, ‘Surely not I, Rabbi.’ He replied, ‘You have said so.’

## Judas in the Last Supper

Judas takes center stage in the narrative of the Last Supper. Even as the disciples share the Passover meal, his heart is already turning away. The Gospel shows us that betrayal often begins while we are still sitting at the table with Christ.

## Our Own Moments of Denial

Bill points out that we, too, experience moments of denial. We may attend Mass and then immediately fall back into old habits, allowing our words to contradict our actions. Those moments are our personal “Judas moments.”

## Call to Repentance

The Gospel’s invitation—“Repent and believe the Gospel”—resounds especially during Holy Week. It is a call to turn away from sin and turn toward the One who forgives us, embracing the truth of the Cross.

*Holy Week invites us to confront our betrayals, repent, and renew our belief in the Gospel.*