#HolyWeek2021 – Good Friday Reflection 2: Jesus is Arrested

Our Good Friday reflections continue. My name is Irene, and we return to the Gospel according to Luke, chapter 22, as Jesus is arrested:

⁴⁷While he was still speaking a crowd came up, and the man who was called Judas, one of the Twelve, was leading them. He approached Jesus to kiss him, ⁴⁸but Jesus asked him, ‘Judas, are you betraying the Son of Man with a kiss?’

⁴⁹When Jesus’ followers saw what was going to happen, they said, ‘Lord, should we strike with our swords?’ ⁵⁰And one of them struck the servant of the high priest, cutting off his right ear.

⁵¹But Jesus answered, ‘No more of this!’ And he touched the man’s ear and healed him.

⁵²Then Jesus said to the chief priests, the officers of the temple guard, and the elders, who had come for him, ‘Am I leading a rebellion, that you have come with swords and clubs? ⁵³Every day I was with you in the temple courts, and you did not lay a hand on me. But this is your hour – when darkness reigns.’

Take a moment, and reflect: have you ever experienced the hurt of betrayal? How did that feel? Perhaps you can even think of a time when you betrayed someone else! Now, imagine how Jesus must have felt as He was betrayed by His closest friends. As you reflect on these things, turn them into a prayer: express to God your feelings of sadness and regret, or your desire for forgiveness.

Our next reflection is available from: 2pm