Hello everyone! Heyo! Welcome back to Scattering Flowers with Elise and Miles, a podcast where we read the daily Gospels and the Saint of the Day.
Let’s get started! Today is Wednesday, April 1st, and the Gospel reading is Matthew 26, 14 through 25, and the scripture to reflect on is Matthew 26, 15.
And Judas asks, what will you give me if I deliver him to you?
And they paid him 30 pieces of silver.
Judas was one of Jesus’s 12 disciples.
He followed and lived with Jesus for years.
He saw the miracles, heard the teachings, and even shared meals with Jesus.
But Judas made a terrible choice.
Judas loved money.
It was more important to him than anything or anyone else.
But what is hidden in someone’s heart will eventually show itself for everyone.
Today, Saint of the Day, St.
Mary of Egypt.
She was born 344 and died 421.
She is the patron saint of skin diseases.
When she was 12 years old, Mary of Egypt ran away from her Christian family to a city of Alexandria.
There she spent the next 17 years of her life as a prostitute.
One day, she saw a large crowd making a pilgrimage to Jerusalem for the Feast of the Exaltation of the Cross, and she spontaneously decided to join them.
Some days after Mary arrived in Jerusalem, the true cross was to be displayed for public veneration.
Mary followed the crowds, intrigued when she came to the door of the church.
An invisible wall prevented her from passing through.
After trying several times and witnessing everybody else’s passing through, she realized she was being excluded because of her sinfulness.
She was moved to tears with a deep contrition for her sins, and looking up, saw an icon of the Blessed Mother Mary beg the Blessed Mother to help her reform her life.
After receiving the sacraments, Mary went into the desert and lived as a hermit, fasting and praying for the rest of her life.
Jesus gives everyone a chance to choose Him.
Jesus knew that He was coming into the world to die for the sins of everyone.
Choosing Jesus means believing in Him.
Living for Jesus will help you choose what is right.
Mary grew up in a Christian home, and her upbringing came back to her in the moment of her conversion.
She knew the significance of the cross because she had been taught it.
With God’s grace, Mary’s life became a beautiful testament to the fact that no one is ever outside to reach of God’s love.
Let’s pray.
In the name of the Father, and the Son, and the Holy Spirit.
Thank you, Jesus, for sharing your life with us.
Help us to choose to live for you and what’s right.
And thank you that you never give up on us.
Help me to always stay close to you.
Saint Mary of Egypt, pray for us.
Amen.
In the name of the Father, and the Son, and the Holy Spirit.
Amen.
Thank you so much for listening.
We’ll be back tomorrow scattering more flowers.
See ya!