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. (Mt 26:14-25)
https://bible.usccb.org/bible/readings/040126.cfm
In a transactional world, everything and everybody has a price. Most of us can be bought for far less than thirty pieces of silver. It is easy to dismiss the betrayal by Judas as long ago history, until we recognize that in mentioning that Judas is one of the Twelve the gospel writers are making a comment on church leadership in every age and by extension on all of us. https://youtu.be/XRGiSp6fADI?si=0U2mdDdQY1G-AanG
These reflections are a result of more than 40 years of ministry as a Roman Catholic priest. Most of these years I spent in the Diocese of Charlotte which covers Western North Carolina. Now I am retired, and live in Medellín, Colombia where I continue to serve as a priest in the Archdiocese of Medellín.
Holy Wednesday, Spy Wednesday
