Reading the Gospel

For this episode, as an exception, we read from all four gospels. This is one of the most intense moments of the last week, remembered even by Jesus many years later. There is a progression of steps in revealing and identifying the betrayer. Each of these steps is an act of mercy and grace, an opportunity to realize what one is doing and turn around. Grace and repentance were available to Judas until he left the upper room and closed the door after him. There is a point of no return when even God cannot change one’s direction in life.