Maundy Thursday
I think a lot about Judas today. I think about the script I was taught as a kid, and cringe. I hear the shouts from the crowd sing "Crucify him," and I see the Christians weep. Yet, I hear those same Christians shout "Justice!" when they see the criminal executed. Judas, one of Jesus' closest friends betrayed him. Yet, when Jesus was nailed to the cross it was for Judas, too. There are very loud Christians today shouting for justice, and rejoicing at death. The death of those who do not believe the same things they do and do not cling to the same ideologies. This profane apathy for others is what killed Jesus. This religious fervor of clinging longly to a way of life that is comfortable and familiar. Clinging to people who think and act like us. That same attitude lead to Christ's crucifixion. But today, I think about Judas, because the story I learned where Judas used the money he earned betraying Jesus to buy the field he killed himself in is ...