Two Paths

Today is Holy Thursday and we remember the Lord’s Last Supper with his chosen Apostles this evening. This is the celebration of the first Mass. At this supper, Jesus gave His Body and Blood to his Apostles to take and eat, doing this in remembrance of Me.

After Judas Iscariot received Christ’s Body and Blood, we are told by the scriptures that Satan entered Judas as he knew he would betray his God for thirty pieces of silver.

At this same meal, Jesus told his Apostles that He would be going away from them now. Peter wanted to come along, and Christ predicted that Peter would deny him three times before the cock crowed that morning. Peter couldn’t believe that could happen, but it did.

There were two different paths taken by two of Christ’s beloved Apostles. Both Apostles had followed Christ, been given the power to heal others, and had loved Christ. Both denied Christ, as we often do because of our human frailty.  One Apostle gave up on hope and ended up in despair and death. The other Apostle believed in the forgiveness of Christ and became the head of the Catholic Church.

Each of us will sin and fail - God knows that, as we are fallen humans. The difference is which path do you take after you fail.

The choices you have are:

1) Do I ask forgiveness and try to do better.

2) Do I despair and go on living in sin?

Choose wisely. Make it a Blessed Holy Week, and get out there to find God. He is waiting for you!