THE NOW WORD ON MASS READINGS
for Tuesday of Holy Week, March 31st, 2015
Liturgical texts here
Judas and Peter (detail from ‘The Last Supper”), by Leonardo da Vinci (1494–1498)
THE Apostles are aghast at being told that one of them would betray the Lord. Indeed, it is the unthinkable. So Peter, in a moment of indignation, perhaps even self-righteousness, begins to look his brothers over with suspicion. Lacking the humility to see into his own heart, he sets about finding the fault of the other—and even gets John to do the dirty work for him: