[Salvation]

Today is the Feast of St. Matthias.

Pondering loyalty and faithfulness.

**We know nothing else about him, if not that he had been a witness to all Jesus' earthly events (cf. Acts 1:26), remaining faithful to him to the end. To the greatness of his fidelity was later added the divine call to take the place of Judas, almost compensating for his betrayal.**

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[Steelfish]

Great post! Thanks

[Krankor]

Actually, there’s a theory Judas did not intend to betray Christ, but rather, he tried to use Christ’s arrest to inspire the Jews to rise up against the Romans. His “betrayal” was a political move that reached a point Judas never wanted or envisioned.