Also Wednesday of this week marks what has been known for centuries as Spy Wednesday -- traditionally, the day on which Judas spied for an opportunity to betray Jesus. It's thought to be the day when Christ's betrayer may have clinched the deal with the high priests.
In the Gospel of Today's Mass( http://www.usccb.org/nab/bible/matthew/matthew26.htm#v14that ) Judas began to look for an opportunity to betray Our Divine Lord to his enemies—to spy on him—in order to earn the thirty pieces of silver they had promised him. And the main theme for this day in the liturgy is the OBEDIENCE of Our Lord. The entrance antiphon of today’s Mass says: “Christ became obedient for us even to death, dying on a cross.” Notice: “obedient for us.” He is always obedient to the Father, since the three divine Persons are totally conformed one to the others in their Divine Will. But Jesus became obedient FOR US even to the terrible extreme of dying on a cross.
Father,
in your plan of salvation
your Son Jesus Christ accepted the cross
and freed us from the power of the enemy.
May we come to share the glory of his resurrection,
who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit
one God, for ever and ever.
May the Lord bless us,
protect us from all evil
and bring us to everlasting life.
Amen.
