Today is Thursday, March 28th, 2013; Karen's Korner #2534
Into the Easter season on "Maundy Thursday":
"As they were eating,
Jesus took bread and asked God's blessing on it
and broke it in pieces
and gave it to his disciples
and said,
'Eat it--this is my body.'
Then he took the cup of wine
and gave thanks to God for it
and gave it to them;
and they all drank from it.
And he said to them,
'This is my blood, poured out for many,
sealing the new agreement between God and man."
~ Mark 14:22 - 24 LB
Bible Commentary: This meal is called the Lord's Supper, Communion and/or Eucharist, which is still celebrated in worship services today. Jesus and his disciples ate a meal, sang Psalms, and read Scriptures and prayed. Then Jesus took two traditional parts of the Passover meal, the passing of bread and the drinking of wine, and gave them new meaning as his body and blood. He used the bread and wine to explain the significance of what he was about to do on the cross.
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