Catholic last supper meal

Jesus saw people, not as they were, but as what they might become. This is the essence of the resurrection story.

Today, Holy Thursday, the Mass of the Lord’s Supper, is a retelling of the story of God’s love, a love for each one of us individually. On Holy Thursday, we hear the story of the Passover meal in the Book of Exodus and then, in the first letter of Paul to the Corinthians, how in […]

God is a covenant-making God. He made covenants with His people starting from the creation of man. However, none of these covenants was faultless. Heb 8:7 says, "If the first covenant had been faultless, there would have been no need for a second...

On Holy Thursday, the night before he died, the Lord Jesus made some startling changes in the ritual of the Passover meal. Instead of being content with the traditional Jewish table blessing over the bread, Jesus proclaimed “take and eat for this is my body.” Over the third cup of wine, known as the cup […]

What's the connection between Jesus and the Passover? Discover Jesus in the Passover as you experience elements of a Seder meal.

In a Jewish Passover seder meal, haroset (an applesauce-like mixture with wine, nuts, apples, etc.) represents the mortar used by the Jews in Egypt. Recipes for haroset are available, of course, but my family prefers to go the straight-up homemade applesauce route. Any apples will work. Golden Delicious apples are traditional. But I like to use a mix of sweet Honeycrisp and tart Granny Smith. It doesn’t even need added sugar. But you can add a bit, depending on the sweetness of your apples…

The True Presence of the Eucharist can be one of the hardest things to accept. I mean you look at it and it looks like a mere piece of bread - a flattened one at that. You taste it and it tastes like it needs some seasoning or butter.

For many years now, my daughter and I have celebrated a Passover Seder in our home. It is a tradition in many Catholic churches to put on a recreation of the Last Supper on the