Eucharist
THE SACRAMENT OF THE EUCHARIST "The Liturgy is the summit toward which the activity of the Church is directed; at the same time it is the fountain from which all her power flows" (Abbott 142). This solemn quote represents the core of the church's official teaching on the Sacred Liturgy. When sin entered the world with the fall of Adam and Eve1 so began the need for reconciliation between God and His people. Throughout the Hebrew scriptures many covenants were made to bring about this reconciliation. The Covenant of Abraham and the Covenant of Moses, although they bound or unified God and His people, proved not to be complete. For true and complete reconciliation, God sent His Son that this New Covenant could be achieved through the passion, death and resurrection. The eve of the Israelites exodus from Egypt, God struck down the first born of all the Egyptians. The Israelites were told by God to celebrate a sacred meal. They were to sacrifice a one year old male lamb, without blemish. The blood of this lamb was to be smeared on the two doorposts and lintel of the houses in which they ate. The angel of death would "pass over" their homes sparing their first born children. Consequently, this ritual meal became known as the Passover
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