Wednesday of Holy Week-Spy Wednesday

This last weekday before the Easter Triduum is also known as Spy Wednesday, when, as we hear in the Gospel, Judas Iscariot bargained for Christ’s arrest. Before St. Matthew's account of that betrayal, we hear frightening hints of the Passion: "My face I did not shield from buffets and spitting...they put gall in my food and ... gave me vinegar to drink."