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abdulmasih
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This according to the book Mystical City of God by Mary de Agreda. Jesus was ready to forgive him after even his treacherous kiss.
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Mystical_Seeker
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I would certainly think Jesus loved Judas. I don’t think He could “not love” any person. 
When He prayed to His Father:
When I was with them I protected them in your name that you gave me, and I guarded them, and none of them was lost except the son of destruction, in order that the scripture might be fulfilled.
… it was another instance where Jesus did what He was supposed to do. I wonder since Jesus asked for His own cup to be removed but instead followed His Father’s will, if He would liked to have seen Judas handled differently?
When He prayed to His Father:
When I was with them I protected them in your name that you gave me, and I guarded them, and none of them was lost except the son of destruction, in order that the scripture might be fulfilled.
… it was another instance where Jesus did what He was supposed to do. I wonder since Jesus asked for His own cup to be removed but instead followed His Father’s will, if He would liked to have seen Judas handled differently?
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Origen52
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Judas may have been saved. Through teaching on divine mercy, we are beginning to understand the depth of God’s love. He calls us into repentance even at the moment of our death, so we do not know that Judas did not repent upon his death.
Father Cantalamessa preached a wonderful homily last Good Friday which in part dealt with the possibility of Judas’ salvation.
It is also important to remember that the church never proclaims a person damned, it only proclaims those saved, which are the saints.
Father Cantalamessa preached a wonderful homily last Good Friday which in part dealt with the possibility of Judas’ salvation.
It is also important to remember that the church never proclaims a person damned, it only proclaims those saved, which are the saints.
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Beryllos
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Matthew 27:3 tells that Judas repented. He could have been saved if he had stuck around, swallowed his pride, and sought reconciliation with Jesus and the disciples.
In one interpretation, Judas did not sell out for money. Pride and power were the motives for his betrayal, and the thirty pieces of silver were merely a comfortable bonus. Judas thought that by hastening the arrest of Jesus, he would compel Jesus to assert his power and assume his rightful position as Lord and King. When events did not play out as Judas had expected, when Jesus was arrested and condemned, Judas repented. He tried to give back the thirty pieces of silver; that shows how little he cared for the money. Judas was doomed by his pride. He could not face Jesus or the disciples. By his unwillingness to love and be loved, he condemned himself. He fell into despair and hung himself.
It’s easy to imagine how things could have been different if Judas had reached out.
In one interpretation, Judas did not sell out for money. Pride and power were the motives for his betrayal, and the thirty pieces of silver were merely a comfortable bonus. Judas thought that by hastening the arrest of Jesus, he would compel Jesus to assert his power and assume his rightful position as Lord and King. When events did not play out as Judas had expected, when Jesus was arrested and condemned, Judas repented. He tried to give back the thirty pieces of silver; that shows how little he cared for the money. Judas was doomed by his pride. He could not face Jesus or the disciples. By his unwillingness to love and be loved, he condemned himself. He fell into despair and hung himself.
It’s easy to imagine how things could have been different if Judas had reached out.
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Beryllos
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Good point. In ways and by means known to God, Judas may have been saved.
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rcwitness
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Here’s Pope Benedict’s take on Judas…
vatican.va/holy_father/benedict_xvi/audiences/2006/documents/hf_ben-xvi_aud_20061018_en.html
And from the Lord:
Matthew 26:24 (RSVCE)
"The Son of man goes as it is written of him, but woe to that man by whom the Son of man is betrayed! It would have been better for that man if he had not been born.”
vatican.va/holy_father/benedict_xvi/audiences/2006/documents/hf_ben-xvi_aud_20061018_en.html
And from the Lord:
Matthew 26:24 (RSVCE)
"The Son of man goes as it is written of him, but woe to that man by whom the Son of man is betrayed! It would have been better for that man if he had not been born.”
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Yago
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Thank you
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ready
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Yes, and in *The Mystical City of God *we read that Judas got condemned to hell, which is too bad because he could have been saved if he had only repented and not given in to despair. God bless you.
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