Hi, my name is Father Mike Schmitz and this is Ascension Presents.

So I was reading this week about Judas' betrayal.

You know, I sometimes like to pray about Judas and I think a lot of Christians like to reflect

on Judas' life not because we like to see someone fall, but I think a lot of us don't

want to be that person.

We realize that we have the potential to be that person.

We have the potential to be Judas.

So I was reflecting on this and something stuck out to me in John's Gospel, chapter 13,

and Jesus at the last step now announces that one of you is going to be traimey.

And it says the apostles didn't know.

They write a loss as to whom he meant.

And so then Peter says to John, who is it?

And so John asks Jesus, who is it?

And Jesus said, the person I'm going to give the morsel to.

So he does this.

He dips the morsel, gives it to Judas and says, what you're going to do, do quickly.

He says, no, none of this is crazy.

Now none of those reclining at table realized why he had said this to them.

Some thought that since Judas kept the money bag, Jesus had told them, go buy what we need

for the feast or to give something to the poor.

Now this is remarkable.

This is the person who's already decided.

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