Tuesday in Holy Week

We have two personalities in today's gospel, viz., Peter and Judas.
Judas will betray the Master and disappear into history as an example of despair. Despair is an attitude and a sin that we must avoid at all costs. Despair can lead to depression and an isolation that is spiritually suffocating.

Peter is the rock that often seems more like sand than rock. Did you ever wonder why Jesus chose Peter to be the foundation of his Church? There is a strength in weakness. Christ recognized something in that tough-talking fisherman. As Christ foretold the denials, He also prophesied that eventually Peter would faithfully follow him, even to the cross (speaking of the the kind of death that Peter would suffer).
Peter is a powerful example of humility and repentance.

Prayer: In You, O Lord, I take refuge; let me never be put to shame. (Psalm 71)

Think about your most awful sin and, if you need to go to confession, do so. If you have already confessed it, thank God for the a spirit of repentance.

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