Betrayal

Mark 14:17-19

When it was evening, he came with the twelve. And when they had taken their places and were eating, Jesus said, “Truly I tell you, one of you will betray me, one who is eating with me.” They began to be distressed and to say to him one after another, “Surely, not I?”

One  of you will betray me...

Surely not I, Lord?

Surely not I?

Betrayal lives in us

Betrayal lives

deep in the recesses

of all we keep hidden

Betrayal lives in us

when we take the easy option

and settle for a quiet life

Betrayal lives in us

when we refuse to speak up

and let our voice be heard

Betrayal lives in us...

And Christ on his way to the cross

embraces our betrayal

simply placing it

within the sphere

of forgiveness 

and grace

that was God's response

to hatred and evil.

One  of you will betray me...

Surely not I, Lord?

Surely not I?

Prayer

God, may we accept that betrayal lives in us along with the forgiveness found in your response to evil.