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It’s Holy Week.\u00a0Jesus also wants us to be great – modest, and humble… God bent down to us people. Why?\u00a0Because he loved us.\u00a0We can learn from two examples in the Gospel: Judas could not handle the situation, he was influenced by the desire for money, and he betrayed Jesus – and when he saw what he had done, he hanged himself. Peter – a spirited apostle, willing to follow Jesus to Pilate’s courtyard, denies Jesus in front of ordinary maids.<\/span><\/h2>\n

Here we see that Jesus cannot save us without us.\u00a0He created us without us, but without us, he will not redeem us.\u00a0Judas, under the pressure of remorse, acts unreasonably and against the teaching of Christ about mercy.\u00a0He goes and undertakes a dastardly deed.\u00a0He commits suicide.\u00a0He committed treason against himself.\u00a0He did not give his life and he has no right to take it.\u00a0Peter’s behavior is the opposite.\u00a0Although Peter hesitated, he realized that Jesus loved him.\u00a0He knew this from several encounters, most recently in Gethsemane, when he was unable to stay awake with Jesus while praying.\u00a0Peter, who had become afraid of the maids, may not have even considered his offense as it was. He did not admit that he was among those who lived with Christ for three years.\u00a0But there came a moment when Jesus was passing by and a rooster crowed.\u00a0Here, Peter remembered the words of Christ: <\/span>“Will you even lay down your life for me?\u00a0Verily, verily, I say to you: The rooster will not crow until you deny me three times”<\/span><\/strong> (Jn 13:38). The rooster crowed and Peter realizes that he has denied Christ three times. He, the leader of the apostles, he who found an honorable place in the eyes of Christ, he, Peter – the Rock, hesitated. However, Peter does not think, but acts.\u00a0<\/span>His crying, and regret for the actions he committed a moment ago, are a sign that he also loves Jesus. Peter did not sink as deep as Judas. Peter regrets his actions.<\/span><\/strong><\/h2>\n

Two hesitations.\u00a0Informative for us, and only one of them is an example.\u00a0We are weak, even if we pull ourselves up like Peter.\u00a0We must realize that\u00a0<\/span>in difficulties when our faith costs us something, our love for Christ is shown. <\/span><\/strong>It is not so bad to fall into sin as to remain in sin.\u00a0Judas could not rise from him.\u00a0He did not believe in the forgiveness of Christ, which Christ would surely have given him if he had come and asked.\u00a0Christ never reproached Peter for his actions and betrayal, perhaps he only reminded him when, after his resurrection, he asked him three times: “Simon, son of John, do you love me…?” (Jn 21:15). And Peter wept again at the third answer:\u00a0<\/span>“Lord, you see everything, you know very well that I love you”<\/span><\/strong>\u00a0(John 21:17).\u00a0And Peter, who denied Christ, becomes the one who is supposed to lead his brothers.\u00a0Peter is entrusted by Christ with primacy.<\/span><\/h2>\n

This means for us to always believe in Christ so that even in such moments when we hesitate when we commit betrayal of Jesus and his love, we do not sink so deeply and do not allow the thought that there is no forgiveness for us. After all, Lord Jesus said in the parable of the good shepherd that there will be greater joy in heaven over one who needs repentance than over ninety-nine righteous people.\u00a0<\/span><\/h2>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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