The Anchoress - Musing with Benedict XVI

In reading the Magnificat this morning, the meditation before Mass struck me. I searched for it online and found that it has been quoted by The Anchoress. I have placed the citation from Pope Benedict below. The Anchoress will now appear more often on this blog!

“Judas is neither a master of evil nor the figure of a demoniacal power of darkness but rather a sycophant who bows down before the anonymous power of changing moods and current fashion. But it is precisely this anonymous power that crucified Jesus, for it was anonymous voices that cried, ‘Away with Him! Crucify him!’”
— Pope Benedict XVI

Here is a further meditation on Judas...