Do this in memory of me
In this ninth chapter, we look at The Last Supper and how the Passover feast changed into the Eucharist. We reflect on how Jesus gives us the gift of His life in Holy Communion. We think about how a good meal can change us for the better. We remember that we need food and drink to nourish and sustain our bodies, but that Holy Communion nourishes and sustains our inner life of faith. We focus on how meals are also linked to remembering special moments. Here we think about the Last Supper of Jesus with his disciples and remember how it was a meal connected to (or remembering) the Jewish festival of Passover.
The most important thing is to ensure that your child understands that when they receive Jesus in Holy Communion (the Eucharist) that they are receiving LOVE. Also, that there is change, the obvious one being the bread and wine, but we also change, the Eucharist give us inner strength to face life with Jesus’ power and love inside us. Keywords in this chapter are: the Passover, the Last Supper, the Eucharist, the Eucharistic Prayer, the Host, the Sign of Peace.
Questions you might like to ask your child:
Q. What is the Passover?
A. This is the special meal, celebrated by the people of God, to remember God rescuing the people from slavery and bringing them to freedom. During the first Passover, lamb was offered to God.
Q. What is the Last Supper?
A. It was a Passover meal that Jesus shared with his disciples the night before he died. He changed the meaning of the Passover feast into the Eucharist – where he offered his life to us, as the new and perfect Lamb of God.
Q. When we receive the life of Jesus in Holy Communion, he is giving us his LOVE. What do you think Jesus’ love gives us the strength to do?
A. A variety of answers could be given here. Receiving Jesus’ love in Holy Communion gives us the strength to be more loving towards others, to be more giving, more understanding and to live as Jesus wants us to live.
- Jobs for home
- Complete the online quiz
- Listen out for the Lamb of God prayer when you next attend Mass.
- Talk about Easter and Maundy Thursday when we remember The Last Supper at Mass.
