WEDNESDAY, HOLY WEEK
Is 50: 4-9 Ps 69: 8-10, 21-22, 31, 33-34 Mt 26: 14-25
THE LORD GOD IS MY HELP
Today, in the Holy Week, the day’s readings bring us face to face with a presentation two hearts: one that listens in obedience and the other that hardens in betrayal. Between the Servant of the Lord in Isaiah and Judas in the Gospel lies the entire drama of Holy Week; it reveals the contrast between trust and treachery, fidelity and self-interest, surrender and control.
Isaiah’s Servant speaks with quiet confidence: “The Lord God has given me a well-trained tongue, that I might know how to speak to the weary a word that will rouse them.” His mission is born of his daily intimacy with God. Such an intimacy with God is a lesson for us too: “Morning after morning He opens my ear that I may hear.” Obedience is not imposed; it is awakened and the disciple opens his heart to welcome it joyously. And though he meets opposition and suffering, as he articulates it clearly, “I gave my back to those who beat me,” he does not turn back, for his strength is rooted, in the divine companionship which he cherishes: “The Lord God is my help; I shall not be put to shame.”
This trust stands in sharp contrast to Judas in today’s Gospel. He sells his Master for thirty pieces of silver, the lowly price of a slave. When Jesus reveals that a betrayer sits at table with Him, Judas asks, “Surely it is not I, Rabbi?” calling Jesus not “Lord,” but “Rabbi.” That subtle difference reveals his heart. Judas no longer walks in the intimacy of discipleship; he keeps distance, choosing calculation over communion. Yet even in betrayal, Jesus remains serene and composed. He shares the meal, washes the feet, and extends friendship to the very person who will betray Him. Love does not withdraw, even when it is wounded. Paul rightly pens down, “Love bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things.”
As we enter the final days before the Passion, these readings invite us to examine our own hearts. Are we disciples who listen each morning to God’s voice, or have we grown deaf through self-interest?
Response: In your great mercy, answer me, O Lord,
for a time of your favour.
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