Wednesday in Holy Week is sometimes referred to as "Spy Wednesday". Spies, conspiracy, plotting... all these kind of things leave a nasty taste in our mouth. Especially, of course, if we are on the receiving end of the spying or plotting or conspiracy. And yet how easy it can be to find ourselves involved in this kind of thing, even if on a scale much less significant than the plotting against Jesus. Little jealousies, annoyances, "news" whether - fake or not - can all be twisted into stuff to be used against another.
People still argue about Judas - his motives, his intentions and frame of mind. What is clear is that at the end he has not known Jesus well enough, as he has lost hope. For hope is a very precious virtue that I think is often forgotten when compared to its companions faith and charity. Hope gives us a future, we can move forward. I suppose the plotting, spying and conspiracy was, and often is, based in fear. Who is this Jesus, and how is he going to disupt my world and my plans for the future. Better to get rid of him.
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