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JUDAS

The Victim Within Us

Matthew 26:14-16, 26:20-25, 47-50, 27:3-5
“Are you capable of risking your life for someone? Do it for Christ”

– Pope John Paul II.
Lent is a time that’s gifted by God to introspect ourselves,
repent, and experience the love and grace of Christ. Lent is a
season of symbols; it should also be a season of actions. We are
not called to mourn for our sins rather we are called to reflect
and transform.

Iintroduction

During the times of Jesus, the Roman empire dominated
the whole world. The Roman emperor concentrated on the
expansion of power by strengthening their external boundaries
and reforming the provincial administration. The Roman
administration was favourable to the richer class and lacked in
monitoring the sanitation, water supplies, lives of occupants and
so on. The Romans felt that Christianity was a huge threat to
them. This very reason lead for the crucifixion of Christ because
they feared that he was a revolutionary. Strong opposition to
Jesus originated chiefly from Herod Antipas, son of Herod the
great and Tetrarch of Galilee and Perea; the Scribes, Pharisees,
Sadducees and the Zealots. Herodian antipathy streamed
out from the association that Jesus had with John the Baptist.
These rulers used Judas Iscariot, one f the disciples of Jesus as a
dice to plot and kill Jesus. From this point of incident Judas is
being portrayed as a devil of Christianity because of the Holy
Kiss that he performed to betray Jesus. Judas is his name and
Iscariot is the place in Judea from where he belonged to. He is
the only one among the twelve who doesn’t belong to the land
of Galilee. Judas was important in the gospel because he filled

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