It is rather amazing as well disturbing to see how cold and calculating Judas was at the Last Supper.
In the gospel passage that we heard (the gospel of John), there was no recorded words of Judas.
He didn't say anything, he acted normal, he did what he was told. Yet, behind and beneath that facade the shadows of betrayal are lurking and slithering around.
Yet for that to be happening in him during the Last Supper was unthinkable to the rest because it was for them the sacred Passover meal which celebrated the marvelous event of freedom from slavery in Egypt and the renewal of God's covenant with His people.
Jesus sensed that betrayal and treachery, and troubled in spirit, He said: I tell you most solemnly, one of you will betray me.
He was even more direct when He said that it was the one to whom He gave the piece of bread that He shall dip in the dish, and thereafter He gave it to Judas.
Judas was the Apostle most in need of Jesus' love that night. It was the last opportunity for Judas to turn from sin and turn to Jesus. But he rejected Jesus for the final time.
Instead of softening Judas' heart the gesture seemed to harden it and thereby he gave himself completely over into Satan's power.
So let us take the Sacrament of Reconciliation seriously and resolve to stay clean of sin and keep united with Jesus in Holy Communion. Let us be true to Jesus, so that we can be true to ourselves and to others.