Holy Thursday 2026

Holy Thursday.

Jesus washes the feet of the apostles. Detail from Ethiopian icon.

Betrayal Wears Many Disguises

“Betrayal” isn’t as difficult as it seems. It disguises itself as a kiss. It is capable of many disguises.

And so we come to Judas.

Are we really so much different from him?

Who hasn’t betrayed the Lord in some way or other, to some extent?

We betray Him too. Even if just by some lukewarm, half-baked schemes we connive in when God’s ways are incomprehensible to us, or embarrass us, or disappoint us in our narrowness...

But the decision we then face is whether we’re going to give up on God, or go back to Him.

Never, never, never give up!