The Judas Shuffle

Would you ever go to a good friends home for dinner and after eating get up from the table and abruptly leave without thanking your host ? The overwhelming majority of people would answer absolutely not because it would be extremely rude. The question arises; why do people leave the House of God right after receiving the body, blood, soul, and divinity of Jesus Christ in Holy Communion? Is it that these people want to avoid the traffic after Mass or perhaps they have more important business to do than to thank God for His Holy Sacrifice? Both assumptions maybe true, but the real reason these people leave Mass early is they don’t believe Christ is present in the Eucharist.

Can you guess who was the infamous person that left the first Mass early because he did not believe and followed Satan? If you answered Judas Iscariot you are correct! "Truly, truly, I say to you, one of you will betray me... So when he had dipped the morsel, he gave it to Judas, the son of Simon Iscariot. Then after the morsel, Satan entered into him. Jesus said to him, ‘What you are going to do, do quickly.’ ... So, after receiving the morsel, he immediately went out; and it was night.” (Jn 13:21-30) So the next time you see a person leaving Mass early just think about Judas shuffling off to betray Christ for thirty pieces of silver.