dark times
A Pilgrimage to the Cross
Walking through Lent with Jesus
Wednesday 13th April
Now the Festival of Unleavened Bread, called the Passover, was approaching, and the chief priests and the teachers of the law were looking for some way to get rid of Jesus, for they were afraid of the people. Then Satan entered Judas, called Iscariot, one of the Twelve. And Judas went to the chief priests and the officers of the temple guard and discussed with them how he might betray Jesus. They were delighted and agreed to give him money. He consented, and watched for an opportunity to hand Jesus over to them when no crowd was present.
Then came the day of Unleavened Bread on which the Passover lamb had to be sacrificed. Jesus sent Peter and John, saying, “Go and make preparations for us to eat the Passover.”
Luke 22: 1-8
Fear…betrayal….sacrifice
The mood is tense and dark.
The people around Jesus are driven by their insecurities, their disappointments, their need for approval, their greed for money or power.
At the very time when the nation celebrated their ancestors’ escape from an oppressive, violent and dehumanizing regime, there were those who were perpetuating the very same attitudes.
We do not need to look far to see those very attitudes around us today- or even within us. Our clothes, our customs, our culture might change- but our sins don’t.
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