I remember discussing this in my adult confirmation class. I had a feeling the priest was skirting around some thin dogmatic ice in some of the discussions, as we talked about Judas and his role.
Hmmm....
I've got Zefferelli's Jesus of Nazareth on tape. I notice they never run that mini-series on TV any more (though they always drag out CB DeMille's 10 Commandments). It was very well done, if I recall correctly (and had a Milky Way of superstar actors in it that were exactly right for every role they had). Now I'm thinking this would be something to watch this weekend (no, I haven't seen The Passion of the Christ and I don't want to, thanks).
I stopped going to church when my stepmother died because of the routine I set up with calling my father on Sundays - he doesn't want me calling him later than a certain time because it interrupts his housework schedule, so church on Sunday is pretty much out of the question. So, until my father dies, no church for me. I have all the mass books at home, though, so I just have to figure out what cycle this year is, and I can read the mass on my own.
