As Christians prepare to commemorate Christ’s ultimate sacrifice on the cross and celebrate his resurrection, Lady Gaga fans are celebrating Judas, the artist’s newest song named for the man who betrayed Jesus.

The latest single off the album “Born this Way,” which talks about confronting one’s inner demons and hopelessly loving the wrong man, was supposed to come out five days before Easter. But leaks on the Internet forced an earlier release last Friday.

Shot earlier this month but not yet aired, the video reportedly features Lady Gaga in the role of Mary Magdalene, the celebrated disciple believed to be the first person to see Jesus after he rose from the dead.

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In fact, many of the song’s lyrics are from her perspective.

"“When he comes to me, I am ready."

"I'll wash his feet with my hair if he needs."

"Forgive him when his tongue lies through his brain."

Even after three times, he betrays me."

"I'll bring him down, a king with no crown ..."

In a promotional video for the song and video that aired on the Internet channel GagaVision, the artist announced: “Judas is coming. Let the cultural baptism begin.”

The clip closes with the words: “If they were not who you were taught that they would be, would you still believe?”

In that same footage, she confronts a protester outside one of her shows who tells her she’s headed for Hell for her “pervert ways” and “homo stuff.” When Gaga argues that God is a part of her shows and she has 13 years of Catholic education, the picketer turns to bashing Catholics. Her chauffeur drives away from the no-win situation.

But she can’t win over the conservative William Donohue of the Catholic League either, who calls the artist a Madonna copycat, referring to the elder star’s “Like a Prayer" video in 1989. (Yes, that’s the same Madonna who reportedly might be ditching the mystical Jewish practice of Kabbalah for conservative Catholic Opus Dei. Another topic for another day.)

What do you think? Is Lady Gaga’s song well-timed or tacky? What is she saying and is it something Christians should contemplate during Holy Week?