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Hi girls last thursday my church class hosted a passover meal to show us where the eurachist comes from. They gave us loads of reading to do for this monday but i have hardly had time to read it and on the night was not feeling great so sat right at the end of the table and could not hear everything.
Tonight is questions night so they will be asking us questions and I was just wondering if somebody could help me out with explain this to me just so i am fully in the know for tonight?
K xx
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Tonight is questions night so they will be asking us questions and I was just wondering if somebody could help me out with explain this to me just so i am fully in the know for tonight?
K xx
18+4
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Lisa
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K XX
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Here goes: It's from the Old Testament. In the time of Moses, God's people (the Hebrews/Israelites) were in slavery to the Egyptians. God sent Moses to be the guy to free the Hebrews so Moses went along to the Pharoah and said let my people go. But he wouldn't so God sent 10 plagues, the last one being that all the 1st born of the Egyptians would be killed, but God's people would be spared. They painted blood on their door posts and the angel of death passed them by. Then they had to flee from Egypt quickly and so had to prepare food - unleavened bread - for their journey, which is where we get the flat bread we use for Communion.
The Jews were then commanded to celebrate this feast of passover, of God saving his people and this is the feast that Jesus was celebrating on the night of the last supper. But Jesus transformed the meaning of the celebration. By giving up his life he frees all people from sin and death in an ultimate sacrifce. And so we celebrate this each week at Mass and share in this each week.
Don't worry they shouldn't be testing you, but rather helping you to develop your relationship with God and Jesus. I hope this helps and is right (I'm a Catholic School Chaplain so if it's wrong i'm in trouble!! HAha!) Good luck and all the best xx Good reading - Exodus 2-12 (12 being the passover bit)
I have to start showing my face at church as want baby christened.
Lisa
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