Wednesday of Holy Week

 Betrayal and Denial

Peter was following at a distance. He and others sat down in the courtyard. A servant girl said, "This man was with him"--Jesus who had been arrested.  But Peter denied it. Someone else, on seeing Peter said, "You also are one of them." Peter said, "I am not." A little later someone else said, "You also are one of them." About an hour later still another kept insisting, "Surely this man was with him." Peter said, "Man, I do not know what you are talking about." And the cock crowed. How many ways do we deny the truth about Holy Week?