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Hey there, Sprouts. Today is Thursday, February 17th, 2022. All week we have been talking about sin,

how sin is either a break or a wound in our relationship with God or other people, something that we do knowingly.

We've been looking at the story of Judas, the man who betrayed Jesus.

And first we saw how those little sins, how him taking a little bit of money out of the collective pouch meant to support Jesus' public ministry.

That led to the big sin of him being willing to be paid to betray Jesus.

And yesterday we saw how vulnerable Jesus is with us,

even knowing that we will betray him, that we will sin against him.

He was so vulnerable with Judas. He even welcomed him to the last supper, just as he welcomes us each Sunday to Holy Mass, even though we are sinners as well.

And so this brings us to the agony in the garden. As you likely know, Judas chose to betray Jesus in the middle of the night.

And this shows us that he was a coward, right? Not only was he a coward, but the high priests were

cowards. They were worried that because of all the miracles Jesus had been working in front of the

people, that if they arrested him in broad daylight, the people would rebel.

So Judas knew the Mount of Olives was where Jesus went to pray often.

So he left the last supper.

He went to go get the guards from the high priest's palace.

They went to the garden.

And they had arranged it that Judas would betray Jesus,

would point him out in a very specific way. Do you know how he signaled that this was Jesus?

Yes, with a kiss. Now, oftentimes I reflect on how this is, it's so heartbreaking, isn't it?

Remember, what is sin?

Sin is a break in the relationship between us and God.

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