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NorthWord is a daily Christian podcast from St. John's Fort Smith in collaboration with the Anglican Family. Hosted by Father Aaron from Fort Smith, Northwest Territories.
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Spy Wednesday | Wednesday of Holy Week | "Anchored"
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Today is Spy Wednesday — the day tradition marks Judas's quiet arrangement with the chief priests. Father Aaron reflects on how the big compromises rarely arrive as big ones. From St. John's Fort Smith.
Good morning, this is Northword. Today is Spy Wednesday, and the betrayal didn't start with a kiss in the garden, it started with a quiet deal nobody saw. Good morning. This is Northword, the word the North Your Week, a daily podcast from St. John's Fort Smith in collaboration with the Anglican family. I'm your host, Father Aaron. Wednesday of Holy Week is called Spy Wednesday. It's the day tradition marks as when Judas went to the chief priests and struck his arrangements. Thirty pieces of silver to hand Jesus over. No drama, no public confrontation, just a quiet deal made in a back room, and the week really going on. What seems like normal. What should strike us is how undramatic it all is. The crowd on Sunday was swept up in emotion, cheering, waving palms, expecting a king. Judas didn't portray Jesus in a moment of passion. He made a calculation. Emotion had already been doing its slow work in him for a long time. And on Wednesday, it settled into a decision. That's how it usually goes. The big compromise rarely arrive as big compromises. They arrive as small ones. A quiet, small arrangement, a thing nobody else sees, a gentle drift off course, a simple white lie, as they call it. The crowd is driven by emotion, but the Christian is anchored by devotion. Holy Wednesday asks a simple question. Where have you been drifting quietly this week? Not dramatically, just a slow turn off the wheel in the wrong direction. You don't need a long answer, you just need an honest one. Bring it to God today. Just that. A moment of honesty in the middle of the week. Tomorrow is Monday Thursday, the Last Supper, the washing of the feet, and we'll be there. This has been Northward The Word, the North, Your Week, a daily podcast from St. John's Fort Smith in collaboration with the Anglican family. Follow us, share this episode with someone who needs to hear it today, and reach out to us through the text message link and let us know how your holy week has been going. Until tomorrow, God be with you.