1334. In the Old Covenant bread and wine were offered in sacrifice among the first fruits of the earth as a sign of grateful acknowledgment to the Creator. But they also received a new significance in the context of the Exodus: the unleavened bread that Israel eats every year at Passover commemorates the haste of the departure that liberated them from Egypt; the remembrance of the manna in the desert will always recall to Israel that it lives by the bread of the Word of God;154 their daily bread is the fruit of the promised land, the pledge of God’s faithfulness to his promises. The “cup of blessing”155 at the end of the Jewish Passover meal adds to the festive joy of wine an eschatological dimension: the messianic expectation of the rebuilding of Jerusalem. When Jesus instituted the Eucharist, he gave a new and definitive meaning to the blessing of the bread and the cup.
Aprofunde seus conhecimentos
341. What new element did Christ give to Matrimony?
15. To whom is the deposit of faith entrusted?
10. What is the value of private revelations?
190. How does the laity participate in the prophetic office?
134. How will the coming of the Lord in glory happen?
31. Why are the formulas of faith important?
Acesse nossos estudos biblicos:
What does it mean to love God and neighbor and what is the importance of this teaching in the Bible?
What is the message of Proverbs 6:6-11 about laziness and hard work?
What is the seventy week prophecy in Daniel 9?
The story of Daniel in the lions’ den (Daniel 6)
What are Daniel’s visions of the golden image and the four beasts?
