After the betrayal in the Garden of Olives, Judas wandered away, a
fugitive, a prey to the reproaches of his conscience which taxed him
with the most execrable of sacrileges. And when he heard that I was
condemned to death, he gave himself up to death and hanged himself.
 
  
Who can measure the deep and intense grief of My Heart when I saw this
soul so long taught by love... the recpient of My doctrine, one who had
so often heard from My lips words of forgiveness for the most heinous
crimes, finally throw himself into hell fire?

Ah! Judas, why not throw yourself at My feet that I may forgive you too?
If you are afraid to come near Me because of the raging mob that
surrounds Me, at least look at Me... My eyes will meet yours, for even
now they are lovingly intent upon you.

O all you who are steeped in sin, and who for a time more or less long
have lived as wanderers and fugitives because of your crimes... if the
offences of which you have been guilty have hardened and blinded your
hearts... if to grant satisfaction to one or other of your passions you
have sunk into evil ways... Ah! when the motives or accomplices of your
sin have forsaken you, and you realize the state of your soul, O then,
do not yield to despair.  For as long as a breath of life remains a man
may have recourse to mercy and ask for pardon. 

If you are still young, if already the scandals of your life have
lowered you in the eyes of the world, do not be afraid... Even if there
is reason to treat you as a criminal, to insult and cast you off... your
God has no wish to see you fall into the flames of hell... On the
contrary He ardently desires you to come to Him so that He may forgive
you.  If you dare not speak to Him, at least look at Him and let the
sighs of your heart reach Him, and at once you will find His kind and
fatherly hand stretched out to lead you to the springs of pardon and
life.  

Should it happen that you have spent the greater part of your life in
impiety and indifference, and that the sudden approach of the hour of
death fills you with blinding despair... Ah! do not let yourself be
deceived, for there is still time for pardon.  If only one second of
life remains to you, in that one second you can buy back eternal life!
With your soul filled with the deepest contrition, implore My Mercy and
have no fear, I will forgive you.  Hasten to My Heart and be without
fear for the past; for all has been swallowed up in the abyss of My
mercy. You cannot give Me a greater proof of affection than to count on
My full pardon and to believe that your sins will never be as great as
My mercy, which is infinite.