Holy Week 2023: Why is Holy Wednesday also called ‘Spy Wednesday’? Messages and Quotes to Share

HOLY WEEK 2023: Holy Wednesday is the Wednesday of Holy Week, which is the week leading up to Easter Sunday in the Christian faith. The name “Spy Wednesday” comes from the fact that according to the Gospel of Matthew, on this day Judas Iscariot, one of Jesus’ disciples, made a deal with the Jewish authorities to betray Jesus. In some Christian traditions, Holy Wednesday is also observed as a day of repentance and fasting, as well as a time to reflect on the events leading up to Jesus’ death and resurrection. The spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak.” – Matthew 26:41 “Greater love has no one than this: to lay down one’s life for one’s friends.” – John 15:13 “God made him who had no sin to be sin for us, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God.” – 2 Corinthians 5:21 “He himself bore our sins” in his body on the cross, so that we might die to sins and live for righteousness; “by his wounds you have been healed.” – 1 Peter 2:24 “Then Jesus said to them, ‘All of you will be made to stumble because of Me this night, for it is written: ‘I will strike the Shepherd, And the sheep of the flock will be scattered. '” – Matthew 26:31 “But he was wounded for our transgressions, he was bruised for our iniquities: the chastisement of our peace was upon him; and with his stripes we are healed.” – Isaiah 53:5 These quotes emphasize the sacrifice that Jesus made for humanity and the importance of repentance and spiritual reflection during Holy Week.