Disappointing Christ? Not!

Have you experienced disappointment and betrayal? It is a painful matter. Then a person does not have to be in pain in the body and feels the pain of the soul, which is much more severe than the pain of the body. A person commits a betrayal that will never make him happy. We see it in the case of Judas as well. He leaves the supper room to the high priests and says: “What will you give me, and I will hand him over to you?” (Mt 26:15).

Perhaps even his feet, which Christ washed at the beginning of the dinner like a servant, have not yet dried properly, he still tastes the Easter lamb and bitter greens in his mouth, and the words of Christ still ring in his ears: “I have given you an example so that you also do as I have done to you!” (Jn 13:15) and Judas comes to betray his Master. Christ’s words at the Last Supper: “…woe to the man who betrays the Son of Man”.(Mt 26:24) are terrible. We understand their explanation, given by Christ himself: It would have been better for such a person if he had not been born. Judas had no reason to complain about Jesus. Jesus chose him as his disciple, knowing that Judas would betray him. However, Jesus leaves Judas with reason and free will. Jesus leaves Judas to decide for himself. And Judas cannot control himself, he undertakes what was supposed to end Jesus’ mission and fulfill his goal here on earth, so that Christ died for our sins and thus redeemed us. But Judas does this under the influence of sin.

Jesus also select us as his disciples. You called us friends. He often shows us his love. We see his deeds and hear his words. Everything is full of love. However, Christ does not pull us behind him by force. He also endowed us with reason and free will. Christ also knows about us, and how we will decide. However, this decision is in our hands. We are gifted with freedom and reason. This will decide our eternal life or our damnation. The Gospel tells us as a serious warning: “Woe to the man who betrays the Son of Man” (Mt 26:24).

Serious words must not let us sleep in our sin. For Judas, it was money that decided these words of Jesus, for us it can also be money, but also position, career, comfort, selfishness, and the like. Let’s realize that betrayal hurts a lot. And the stronger the love, the more the betrayal of love hurts. After all, Jesus loved us above all else. When we compare Peter with Judas and look for the right path for ourselves, because we are all weak, we should adopt the attitude of Peter who repented of his sin. Peter returns to Jesus and asks for forgiveness. Judas turns away from the mercy of Christ, despises Jesus, and wants to be alone with his sin. That’s desperation, and we don’t want that.

We must realize the power of evil. This means that we must not be left alone with our sin, we must go with it to Jesus and connect with his mercy. Let us remember the repentant rogue on the cross. This is a great proof of love for us at this time, when we remember the passion and death of the Lord Jesus. Yes, there can be many disappointments in different relationships. The worst and most dangerous thing can be our disappointment in Christ when, after sinning, we do not want to find the way back to his mercy