HOLY THURSDAY - THE NEW PASSOVER
HOLY THURSDAY - THE NEW PASSOVER Fra Angelico, "Communion of the Apostles", (1440-1441). Holy Thursday is the celebration of the Last Supper and the institution of the priesthood. It is the presence of all of us at the new Passover instituted by Christ which was united by His suffering on the Cross so as to be a sacrifice for the expiation of our sins. Christ spoke of giving us His flesh to eat: It was a ‘hard saying’ that many of His disciples refused to countenance. Many left Him and refused to follow Him because of it. What was the flesh of Christ? And why this particular means of expiating our sins? This post is taken from Dr Brandt Pitre, “Jesus and the Jewish Roots of the Eucharist – Unlocking the Secrets of the Last Supper” (1). “The first covenant between God and His chosen people took place when the 12 tribes of Israel arrived at the foot of Mount Sinai during the Exodus from Egypt,.. the primary objective of which was so that the Israelites could freely worship Go...