Judas mercator pessimus
osculo petiit Dominum: ille
ut agnus innocens non
negavit Judae osculum:
denariorum numero Christum
Judaeis tradidit.
VERSUS. Melius illi erat, si
natus non fuisset.
—Holy Thursday, Responsory 5
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Judas, the most evil merchant,
obtained the Lord with a kiss. The
latter, like an innocent
lamb, did not refuse the kiss of
Judas, [who], for a number of
coins, betrayed Christ to the Jews.
VERSE. It would have been better
for him if he had never been born.
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