Blog Post 3/28/2024 - The Lord’s Supper

In the washing of the feet, we remember … St. Paul said to the Corinthians, and he says to us, “For I received from the Lord that which I also delivered to you, that the Lord Jesus in the night in which He was betrayed took bread; and when He had given thanks, He broke it and said, ‘This is My body, which is for you; do this in remembrance of Me.’

In the same way He took the cup also after supper, saying, ‘This cup is the new covenant in My blood; do this, as often as you drink it, in remembrance of Me.’ For as often as you eat this bread and drink the cup, you proclaim the Lord’s death until He comes.”  [1 Corinthians 11:23-26]

Reflect of the gift of Ashes, remembering the cross of Ashes on our forehead, when we heard, “Remember that you are dust and to dust you shall return.”  May the Ashes we received remind us to ask God for His Grace of Repentance and Forgiveness.  And may Grace guide our lives.  Today we begin The Sacred Pascal Triduum so we focus on God’s great love for us and the Awesome gift of the Eucharist.

So may we follow the advice of St. Francis de Sales “In fact, there is no other art than to set ourselves to the work of loving Him [God], applying ourselves to the practice of those things that are pleasing to Him [God].”  [The Art of Loving God, p.108]

Cardinal Cantalamessa “What is the place the Eucharist has in the history of salvation?  The answer is that it has no particular place – it is the whole thing.” 

 

                                                In the Eucharist we discover Hope.

 

May God Be Praised.