In the coming months we hope to be able to make this a regular part of Communion. In the Apostle Pauls words in 1 Corinthians, he quotes Jesus as saying For as often as you eat this bread and drink this cup you do show the. This year with Holy Thursday and the Easter Vigil, we will be re-introducing the option of receiving the Blood of Christ. His body and blood were a sacrifice for our sins. When we partake of the fruit of the vine, we remember that the blood of Christ was poured out of his body. When we partake of the unleavened bread, we remember that Christ’s body was cruelly treated and nailed to the cross. Since the pandemic began three years ago, we have not been receiving the Blood of Christ. Luke 22:19 says, And he took bread, and gave thanks, and brake it, and gave unto them, saying, This is my body which is given for you: this do in remembrance of me. The Lord’s Supper is a memorial supper, a ceremony of remembrance. In the words of the consecration at Mass, Jesus says: “Take this, all of you ,and eat of it for this is My Body.” Then, giving the disciples the chalice, he says: “Take this, all of you, and drink from it, for this is the Chalice of My Blood.” Jesus concludes: “Do this in memory of Me.” Faithful to Jesus’s words, the Second Vatican Council recommended receiving not only the body of Christ, but also the Blood of Christ. 1) The Lord's Supper is primarily (but not exclusively) designed to elicit or to stimulate in our hearts remembrance of the person and. Paul tells us in his letter to the Corinthians “that the Lord Jesus, on the night he was handed over, took bread and after he had given thanks, broke it and said, ‘This is my body that is given for you. Here are ten brief observations on what we see in this text. Holy Thursday commemorates the Institution of the Eucharist by Christ when He celebrated the Passover with His disciples.ĭuring the Passover Meal, Jesus gives His disciples bread and wine and instructs them that these have become his body and blood which is to be enacted every time they gather to share this Meal, known as the Eucharist.
This Thursday is Holy Thursday, the day on which we celebrate the Evening Mass of the Lord’s Supper.
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