The Lord’s Last Supper, The Washing of the Feet

The Lord Jesus has gathered with His disciples in the upper room to share with them the Passover meal. Undoubtedly the one year old male and unblemished lamb had been prepared. This in commemoration of the blood of the lamb affixed to the two doorposts and the lintel of the houses of the Jews so that when Yahweh passed through Egypt at midnight they would be passed over and kept from death.

The Lord commanded that this feast be observed annually in perpetuity by the Jews. This Christian feast of the Lord’s Supper is the observance of the establishment of the new and everlasting covenant of the sacrifice of Jesus, the Lamb of God, and the following day on the Cross of Calvary. That exact sacrifice is enacted in each holy sacrifice of the mass that is celebrated by a priest. We are present at Calvary and Calvary is present to us.

Passion Sunday

Today is Passion Sunday, The beginning of Holy week. The plan of God begun with the covenant with Abraham, for the salvation of man in the Old Testament is coming to a climax in the events of this week. God had previously made a covenant with Adam and Eve and with Noah. And both were broken. God finally made a covenant with Moses and gave him the Ten Commandments and pledged to be with the people in their journey from slavery to their occupation of the Promised Land, to be with them in the cloud by day and in the fire at night. The ark was built in which was placed the law and the manna which they carried with them for 300 years until they settled in Jerusalem under the kings David and Solomon.

The Man born Blind;The Anointing of David as King

Today is  Laetare Sunday, the forth Sunday of Lent , Laetare refer to the first word of the introit of the Latin mass which means rejoice, we rejoice today in the mercy and goodness of Almighty God.

The works of the Lord are directed toward our salvation in ways that are unexpected, unforeseen and which come suddenly. For our part we are to remain steadfast in our faith in Him. And we must continue to do our duty in patience and perseverance. We have two examples of that today, one in the first reading from First Samuel and the second from the Gospel.