According to the Gospel of Matthew, Judas went to the chief priests and agreed to hand over Jesus to them for thirty pieces of silver (cf. Matthew 26). In the Church, the Wednesday before the Passover goes by the name Spy Wednesday. Jesus now has a spy in his camp, somebody who is seeking an opportunity to betray his Master when the time is right.
When I heard this during the homily this morning, I thought what a horrible thing - it is really hard to fathom how an all-knowing Jesus felt knowing fully well that Judas is a spy. Then I read the following commentary by Origen (185-254 AD), a Bible scholar and early Church father:
Humble is a word used a lot recently when people talk about Pope Francis. People would mention something that he has done and would use it as a proof that the new pope is a very humble man. But this idea of humility varies significantly from the commonly held assumptions about being humble. Normally speaking, being humble is not different from having very little opinion about oneself. So somebody who would agree with almost anything without ever wanting to make their voice heard, or somebody who choose to play the role of the inferior in order to please others would be considered as humble. Anybody who stands their ground or insists on their opinions be heard is considered not so humble, even arrogant.
