In this detail of a thirteenth-century window from the Sainte Chapelle in Paris, Jesus reclining at table with his disciples is deeply troubled and says, “Amen, amen, I say to you, one of you will betray me.” The disciples look on, puzzled and dismayed.
Judas receives a dipped morsel from Jesus and Scripture says, "Satan entered him." (Notice the sneaky little Demon above Jesus' hand.) Jesus then tells him, “What you are going to do, do quickly.”
And as Judas departs, Jesus proclaims, “Now is the Son of Man glorified, and God is glorified in him. If God is glorified in him, God will also glorify him in himself, and he will glorify him at once."
Jesus' Hour has come, the Hour of his passion and death and resurrection. In this Hour his divinity will be made manifest in his abasement and his glorification by his Father.
Let us follow the Lord, trusting that our transformation in Him will be accomplished, as we entrust our lowest selves to his mercy.
