It is fitting that we read this text, this act of betrayal by Judas, on Wednesday, for Wednesday commemorates Judas’ act of handing our Lord Jesus over to be crucified. This is why Wednesday is often observed as a day of fasting: it is “Spy Wednesday.”
Perhaps if there is something to marvel at in this text, it is God’s own providence. God is able to use even a traitor to accomplish the salvation of the world. Now this is not to say that God willed for Judas to betray Jesus–God does not desire anyone to sin. However, God did use Judas’ act of high treason to make the perfect Passover Sacrifice.
[Thanks to Father Patrick Henry Reardon for his discussion of the Providence of God in light of the Letter to the Romans.]