Holy Angels - Woodbury, NJ
  • Home
    • Holy Angels Parish
    • About Us >
      • Parish History >
        • Most Holy Redeemer
        • St. Patrick's Church
        • St. Matthew's Church
      • Clergy & Staff
    • Becoming Catholic
    • Parish Registration
    • New Parishioners
    • Mission Statement
    • How to Find Us
  • Worship
    • Mass Schedule & Locations
    • Live Stream Archives
    • Mass Cards
  • Sacraments
    • Baptism
    • Sponsors & Godparents
    • Confirmation
    • Reconciliation
    • Anointing of the Sick
    • Vocations
    • Mass Schedule & Locations
  • Formation
    • Religious Education >
      • Contact Info
      • Required Prayers
    • Becoming Catholic
  • Ministries
    • Compassionate Outreach
    • Pastoral & Community Life
    • Youth Group
  • Events
    • Bulletin Archives
    • Parish Calendar
    • South Jersey Catholic Ministries Appeal >
      • South Jersey Catholic Ministries Appeal Website
    • Holy Angels School
    • Stewardship >
      • Ministries
      • Ways to Give >
        • Electronic Giving
        • Parish Envelopes
        • Catholic Strong
        • #iGiveCatholic
        • House of Charity
    • Diocesan Events
  • Photo Galleries
    • Saint Patrick Church
  • How Do I...?
  • Forms Library
  • Donate
  • Ways to Give
  • Link Page

Tuesday of Holy Week 

4/11/2017

0 Comments

 
Today's Gospel
John 13:21-33


Reclining at table with His disciples, Jesus was deeply troubled and testified,
"Amen, amen, I say to you, one of you will betray me."
The disciples looked at one another, at a loss as to whom He meant.
One of His disciples, the one whom Jesus loved,
was reclining at Jesus' side.
So Simon Peter nodded to Him to find out whom He meant.
He leaned back against Jesus' chest and said to Him,
"Master, who is it?"
Jesus answered,
"It is the one to whom I hand the morsel after I have dipped it."
So He dipped the morsel and took it and handed it to Judas,
son of Simon the Iscariot.
After Judas took the morsel, Satan entered him.
So Jesus said to him, "What you are going to do, do quickly."
Now none of those reclining at table realized why He said this to him.
Some thought that since Judas kept the money bag, Jesus had told him,
"Buy what we need for the feast,"
or to give something to the poor.
So Judas took the morsel and left at once. And it was night.
Picture
When he had left, Jesus said,
"Now is the Son of Man glorified, and God is glorified in Him.
If God is glorified in Him, God will also glorify Him in Himself,
and He will glorify Him at once.
My children, I will be with you only a little while longer.
You will look for me, and as I told the Jews,
'Where I go you cannot come,' so now I say it to you."

Simon Peter said to him, "Master, where are you going?"
Jesus answered him,
"Where I am going, you cannot follow me now,
though you will follow later."
Peter said to Him,
"Master, why can I not follow you now? 
I will lay down my life for you."
Jesus answered, "Will you lay down your life for me?
Amen, amen, I say to you, the cock will not crow
before you deny me three times."
Reflection

The readings of Holy Week paint images of intimacy with Jesus contrasted with those who turn from His love. In this Gospel, Jesus is “deeply troubled” and is unburdening His heart to His disciples. He shares with them that one of them would eventually betray Him and everyone is confused by His words. Simon Peter, being the leader, signals to the beloved disciple, John, to try to find out who it is. John leans into Jesus’ chest, near His Heart, and asks the name of the betrayer. Taking a small bit of food from the Passover seder, Jesus dips it in salt water, a symbol of the tears shed by the Hebrews in slavery during their time in Egypt, and hands it to Judas. Judas accepts the sign of affliction, because he is already enslaved by his own prideful agenda and quickly departs the meal of intimacy with Christ. 

Perhaps Judas thought he was doing Jesus a favor by arranging His confrontation with the high priest and the Sanhedrin, but it's obvious from the story of the anointing at Bethany, and today’s story, that Judas did not really understand Jesus’ Heart. Had he invested time into building his relationship with Christ, and not just filling the money bag that is constantly referenced in relationship to him, perhaps the Holy Week story would have unfolded differently. If anything, we can learn from Judas that if we do not take time to stay near the Heart of Christ, like the beloved disciple, we will find ourselves taking the sufferings of life, symbolized by the morsel dipped in salt water, and use them as incentive to move away from the God who loves us even in moments of confusion and pain. 

Today, let us reflect on whether or not we have allowed our struggles to draw us closer to Christ. Jesus wants us to stay near Him, like the beloved disciples. Let us resolve to share everything with Him, even the struggles, so that He can feed us with His life rather than allowing ourselves to be fed by the bitterness of our struggles. 
​
All content is created by "Array of Hope".  If you would like to directly receive all of the content created by this ministry you can sign up at www.arrayofhope.net
0 Comments



Leave a Reply.

    Lenten Reflections

    Daily reading and a Lenten reflection including tips on how to live out the hope of Christ's resurrection.
    Sundays you will receive a short inspirational video from one of our Array of Hope Presenters.  

    Invite your friends and family to experience Easter of Hope too!

    Archives

    April 2017
    March 2017

    Categories

    All
    1st Week
    2nd Week
    3rd Week
    4th Week
    5th Week
    Adultery
    Angel
    Annunciation
    Ash Wednesday
    Bed
    Believe
    Broken
    Child
    Commandments
    Communication
    Consistent
    Darkness
    Death
    Deuteronomy
    Dialogue
    Division
    Exalts
    Fasting
    Forget
    Forgiveness
    Free
    Gabriel
    Goats
    Good Friday
    Healing
    Help
    Holy Thursday
    Holy Week
    Humbly
    I AM
    Isaiah
    Jesus
    John
    Jonah
    Lazarus
    Least
    Life
    Lift Up
    Light
    Lord's Supper
    Luke
    Man Born Blind
    Martha
    Mary
    Mat
    Matthew
    Mercy
    Mighty Works
    Mother
    Neighbor
    Prayer
    Prodigal
    Rain
    Remove
    Repentance
    Resurrection
    Rich Man
    Sacraments
    Sacred Triduum
    Saint Joseph
    Samaritan
    Saturday
    Seeking God
    Sheep
    Signs
    Signs & Wonders
    Sin
    Sinners
    Son Of Man
    Sunday
    Tradition
    Tranfiguration
    Transgression
    Triduum
    Truth
    Unfaithful Servant
    Vigilant
    Well
    Word

    RSS Feed

Connect with us

Parish Office
81 Cooper Street 
Woodbury, NJ
Phone 856-845-0123
 Office Hours: 9:00am - 4:00pm Monday-Friday
​Fax: 856-845-7409
Email: mail@holyangelsnj.org 
Click Here For Directions and Maps
Picture
Picture
Helpful Links
  • ​​Parish Mass Schedule 
  • MassTimes (For Travelers)
  • How Do I...?
  • Sunday Bulletins
  • How to Find Us
  • Wedding Guidelines
  • Facebook
  • Holy Angels Catholic School
  • Religious Education
  • Diocese of Camden
  • Daily Mass Readings
  • Liturgy of the Hours
  • Bible
  • South Jersey Catholic Cemeteries
  • Common Prayers
  • Rosary Guide
  • Vatican Website
  • U.S.C.C.B.

Picture