We rang in the new year by reading Acts chapter 16 in the bible and the corresponding portion of the commentary. We finished the questions on page 88 of the workbook and will start at the top of 89 next week.
The Pope's message from Wednesday:
In our continuing catechesis on
Christian prayer, we now turn to the prayer of Jesus at the Last Supper, when
our Lord instituted the Eucharist, the sacrament of his Body and Blood.
Jesus’ gift of himself anticipates his sacrifice on the Cross and his glorious
Resurrection. The Eucharist is the supreme prayer of Jesus and of his
Church. At the Last Supper, with its overtones of the Passover and the
commemoration of Israel’s liberation, Jesus’ prayer echoes the Hebrew berakah,
which includes both thanksgiving and the gift of a blessing. His act of
breaking the bread and offering the cup on the night before he died becomes the
sign of his redemptive self-oblation in obedience to the Father’s will: he thus
appears as the true paschal lamb who brings the ancient worship to fulfilment.
Jesus’ prayer also invokes strength for his disciples, especially Peter (cf.
Lk 22:31-32). May our celebration of the Eucharist, in obedience to
Christ’s command, unite us more deeply to his prayer at the Last Supper and
enable us, in union with him, to offer our lives ever more fully in sacrifice to
the Father.
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