"But one of them, Caiaphas, who was high priest that year, said to them, 'You know nothing, nor do you consider that it is better for you that one man should die instead of the people, so that the whole nation may not perish.'"
CCC 596-598 (The Trial of Jesus and Political Expediency)
Today's Gospel shows religious leaders rallying around political survival rather than truth. Caiaphas didn't ask 'Is this man from God?' He asked 'How do we keep power?' Every political coalition, left or right, faces the same temptation to sacrifice truth on the altar of unity (CCC 2242).
Reflect → When have you stayed quiet about something true because it would have disrupted your tribe?
