Luke 22:14-30
Dear RTB’ers,
Here at the Last Supper, Jesus is instituting for us the Eucharist that we celebrate each Sunday: simple bread and wine for which we remember His suffering – His body and His blood. The words in today’s reading may not sound completely familiar to us, because the words that we use at our Eucharistic celebration come from the apostle Paul:
… the Lord Jesus, on the night when 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 also took the cup 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.
I Corinthians 11:23b-26
Thankfully we are in a tradition in which this is a weekly reminder. We are indeed blessed to be in this together!
Blessings!