When it was evening he reclined at table with the Twelve. And while they were eating he said, " Amen, I say to you one of you will betray me." Deeply distressed at this, they began to say to him one after another, "He who has dipped his hand into the dish with me is […]

"Then one of the Twelve, who was called Judas Iscariot, went to the chief priests and said, "What are willing to give me if I hand him over to you?" They paid him thirty pieces of silver, and from that time on he looked for an opportunity to hand him over" Matthew 26:14-16    

Psalm 21:13-22 Many bullocks surround me; the strong bulls of Basan encircle me. They open their mouths against me like ravening and roaring lions. I am like water poured out; all my bones are racked. My heart has become like wax melting away within my bosom. My throat is dried up like baked clay, my […]

All-powerful God, by the suffering and death of your Son, strengthen and protect us in our weakness. We ask this through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, for ever and ever. Amen.   Why not begin Holy Week with absolution. Here in New […]