The end of Jesus' mission is coming near. He is at the Paschal supper with His disciples. He drops the bombshell: "One of you is going to hand me over." It is an indication of their weakness that the disciples look around to see which of them it might be. "Who is it, Lord?" asked the Beloved Disciple. "It is the one with whom I share the piece of bread dipped in the dish." It is the bread which is His Body, the Bread which unites all with Jesus. For Judas it is the sign of the betrayal of a Brother - a sacrilegious Communion. He went out "and it was night". Darkness had fallen over him. The Passion had begun. For the present the disciples cannot follow; they are not ready. Peter swears: "I will lay down my life for you." Yet, he - the first among the disciples - swear three times denying all links with Jesus. We too have betrayed Jesus so many times - sometimes, like Judas, over money or material things, or, like Peter, to avoid embarrassment or the criticism of others.