00:00Good morning brothers, how are you?
00:27Well, the trip is coming to an end, it's already Thursday morning, the town is
00:35restless, especially the Pharisees, the priests, and the elders of the people, the last
00:41Events this week have highlighted that Jesus is dangerous to them,
00:47People are following him and consider him a prophet; many even believe he is the
00:53They had expected a Messiah and they saw their power threatened, so they gathered together.
01:00chief priests and elders of the people in the palace of Caiaphas, the high priest
01:05And they were trying to find a way to arrest Jesus and kill him, they said, but not during the festival.
01:14lest the people riot, among Jesus' disciples there was one who had never
01:20I was completely convinced that I was following the Messiah and thought like the Pharisees that this
01:27The man could endanger national stability, so the best thing to do was to form an alliance.
01:32With the Pharisees, and also because he was a petty thief, he would take what they put in the money bag.
01:39that the group was maintained, surely in this action he could obtain some for this service
01:47reward. So Judas Iscariot went to the chief priests and said to them,
01:54How much will you give me if I hand Jesus over to you? They decided to pay him 30 pieces of silver and
02:02From that moment on, Judas was looking for the opportune moment to betray him.
02:07How sad that among Jesus' own followers there are people willing to sell him out.
02:14Brother, for money, that there are unscrupulous people who for a few coins are capable of committing
02:20All kinds of theft. These people, like Judas, are truly deserving of pity. Given the opportunity
02:28Instead of being happy with the love of the one who could give them true happiness, they seek it in money.
02:34falsely believing they would find her there. What terrible disappointments when they find themselves trapped.
02:43driven by their own ambition, when their actions cause the destruction of their families,
02:49of their lives, of everything, even of what may have once been important to them.
02:56Judas will end up committing suicide like so many brothers and sisters who have betrayed their principles and who,
03:04They have run in search of power, pleasure, to have more and more, and they end up in the
03:13spiritual suicide. It is necessary to pray for them and find a way to prevent this from destroying them.
03:22How right Saint Paul was to write that money is the cause of many evils and that many go to the
03:29perdition for this cause. This morning gives us the opportunity to reflect on what place the
03:35Money and economic assets in our lives so that we don't end up like Judas, who instead of going
03:42Wherever Jesus goes, we end up accepting Satan's invitation to accompany him for all eternity.
03:50For his part, Jesus, as was his custom, got up very early and went to the mountain to do
03:58prayer. She has decided to stay at Lazarus's house to prepare. She knows the hour is approaching and has
04:06He needs the Father. So he will stay to let God strengthen and enlighten him. And that is why he sends
04:14to his disciples to prepare dinner that night, when he will say goodbye to them and give them his last
04:19teachings and recommendations. So when they ask their disciples, "Where do you want us to do it?"
04:26the preparations for you to eat the Passover? He answered them to go into the city, to the house of a certain
04:33man and they said to him, the teacher says, my time is near, I am going to celebrate Passover at your house with my
04:40disciples. So the disciples went and did what Jesus had commanded them and prepared the Passover.
04:49We too are reaching the end of our journey with Him this week. Therefore
04:55It is necessary, like Him, to dedicate this morning to prayer that prepares us to live with Jesus.
05:03mysteries that will lead us to the end of the journey and, with it, to the arms of the Eternal Father.
05:09Don't let the stress overwhelm you today. Join Jesus in prayer and place your worries in His hands.
05:18God's. I'll see you this afternoon with a peaceful heart. Goodbye.
