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Holy Wednesday, Year C

April 3rd, 2007

Holy Week - Wednesday

Reading I Is 50:4-9a

A Reading from the Book of the Prophet Isaiah

My face I did not shield from buffets and spitting

(Third oracle of the Servant of the Lord).

The Lord God has given me a well-trained tongue, that I might know how to
speak to the weary a word that will rouse them. Morning after morning he
opens my ear that I may hear; and I have not rebelled, have not turned back.
I gave my back to those who beat me, my cheeks to those who plucked my
beard; my face I did not shield from buffets and spitting. The Lord God is
my help, therefore I am not disgraced; I have set my face like flint,
knowing that I shall not be put to shame. He is near who upholds my right;
if anyone wishes to oppose me, let us appear together. Who disputes my
right? Let him confront me. See, the Lord God is my help; who will prove
me wrong?

The Word of the Lord.

 

 

Gospel Mt 26:14-25

Verse before the Gospel

Hail to you, our King; you alone are compassionate with our errors.

 

A Reading from the Holy Gospel according to Matthew

The Son of Man indeed goes, as it is written of him, but woe to that man by
whom the Son of Man is betrayed.

One of the Twelve, who was called Judas Iscariot, went to the chief priests
and said, “What are you willing to give me if I hand him over to you?” They
paid him thirty pieces of silver, and from that time on he looked for an
opportunity to hand him over. On the first day of the Feast of Unleavened
Bread, the disciples approached Jesus and said, “Where do you want us to
prepare for you to eat the Passover?” He said, “Go into the city to a
certain man and tell him, ‘The teacher says, “My appointed time draws near;
in your house I shall celebrate the Passover with my disciples.”‘”The
disciples then did as Jesus had ordered, and prepared the Passover. When
it was evening, he reclined at table with the Twelve. And while they were
eating, he said, “Amen, I say to you, one of you will betray me.” Deeply
distressed at this, they began to say to him one after another, “Surely it
is not I, Lord?” He said in reply, “He who has dipped his hand into the
dish with me is the one who will betray me. The Son of Man indeed goes,
as it is written of him, but woe is that man by whom the Son of Man is
betrayed. It would be better for that man if he had never been born.” Then
Judas, his betrayer, said in reply, “Surely it is not I, Rabbi?” He
answered, “You have said so.”

The gospel of the Lord.

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