Passover and Last Supper

Now on the first day of Unleavened Bread the disciples came to Jesus, saying, "Where will you have us prepare for you to eat the Passover?" He said, "Go into the city to a certain man and say to him, 'The Teacher says, My time is at hand. I will keep the Passover at your house with my disciples.'" And the disciples did as Jesus had directed them, and they prepared the Passover. When it was evening, he reclined at the table with the twelve. And as they were eating, he said, "Truly, I say to you, one of you will betray me." And they were very sorrowful and began to say to him one after another, "Is it I, Lord?" He answered, "He who has dipped his hand in the dish with me will betray me. The Son of Man goes as it is written of him, but woe to that man by whom the Son of Man is betrayed! It would have been better for that man if he had not been born." Judas, who would betray him, answered, "Is it I, Rabbi?" He said to him, "You have said so." Now as they were eating, Jesus took bread, and after blessing it broke it and gave it to the disciples, and said, "Take, eat; this is my body." And he took a cup, and when he had given thanks he gave it to them, saying, "Drink of it, all of you, for this is my blood of the covenant, which is poured out for many for the forgiveness of sins. I tell you I will not drink again of this fruit of the vine until that day when I drink it new with you in my Father's kingdom." And when they had sung a hymn, they went out to the Mount of Olives.
~ Matthew 26:17-30

This was that Gospel passage at my church last night. I just wanted to share it with you as this is Holy Week. Last night we remembered the Passover and the Last Supper. Jesus knew that one of His disciples was going to betray Him at some point during the night. He didn't let that get to Him though because He wanted to be with all of His disciples because it was the last time that He was going to be with them before He died. He took both the bread and the wine and gave it to His disciples telling them that it is His body and blood and whenever they drank of it they were to do so in remembrance of Him. So as we take communion each time, we need to remember to do so in Jesus' name. It is a time for us to remember that Jesus' died on the cross to take away our sins so that we can be forgiven for all the things we have done. This should be reassuring to us because even though we have sinned, God loved us enough to send His Son for us so that we can be forgiven.

Remember that your sins are always forgiven no matter what they are.
Justina Strecker