Let us continue to try to penetrate the feelings of Jesus in those final days of his life. Today’s scene is deeply moving and revealing; Jesus reveals to his disciples the betrayal He is about to suffer. The Evangelist invites us to contemplate the process of this betrayal, from the gesture with which Jesus points out who the traitor is, to the moment when he leaves the Upper Room. “It was night” John tells us… Judas abandons that atmosphere of light and friendship and goes out into the darkness of sin. He has fallen into slavery to the power of others who have seduced him with money and has become incapable of freeing himself. We know that Judas repents, but he fails to believe in forgiveness and ends up in despair. Isn’t this the drama that is still raging in our world today?