Why were we to eat bread and drink wine in memory of Him?

"When we eat this bread and drink this cup are we not in communion with the body and blood of  Christ"  asked St Paul.   'In Communion' means joined to and we are not just eating and drinking in a celebration party, we are not just remembering his Passion but we are in Communion with it.  We are joined to it.  We are present at the Sacrifice.   And we offer through His command that Sacrifice again in an unbloody manner  on the altar.   But it is objected that Christ made one Sacrifice for all time so we cannot repeat it.

If we turn to the book of Malachi 11:11 we find these words.  "From the rising of the sun until its setting my name is great among the Gentiles and everywhere there is offered sacrifice, a Spotess Victim.   Malachi was protesting against the priests of his time who were prone to keep the best of the animals for sacrifice and only sacrifice the ones that has some fault.   They also had a habit of divorcing their older wives and having younger ones.   But Malachi was looking forward to the time when animals were not necessary for Sacrifice for a new Spotless Victim would be sacrificed again and again not by the Jews but the Gentiles.   He was prophesying the Sacrifice of the Mass.

But is it repeating the Sacrifice of Calvary.   Well there is nobody being nailed to a cross but remember that 'with God all things are possible'  and the nearest my thoughts get to the matter is that Christ on the Cross reached out to all Generations and when the priest says the words "This is my Body, this is my Blood'  Jesus present on Calvary reaches out to be present in every Mass in every generation pouring out his forgiveness and feeding us with his love and his grace.

'From the rising of the sun until its setting'   Did you know that a Mass starts in our world every four seconds.

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