As we commemorate Tuesday of Holy Week, the same day that we celebrate the chrism Mass at the Cathedral of St Peter the Apostle in downtown Jackson, we hear from John’s Gospel about the ways that both Judas and Peter betray Jesus.
We may think of the ways that we have betrayed Jesus, our family, and our loved ones. We break bread with Jesus in the Eucharist and receive him into our lives in that special way, but then we turn our back on Jesus when we live out our lives in ways that are contrary to the values of our faith. We go to confession to turn away from our sins and promise to do better with the help of our faith, but then we go and commit some of the same sins that we have just confessed. Let us pray that we, like Peter, may weep bitterly for all the wrongs we have done and all the good left undone. Let us pray for conversion and renewal.
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