Bound in Love

Implications for the Last Supper

Similar

• Celebrated on Passover Night
• Drank wine (not water)
• Ended with a hymn

Different

• Not a family celebration – unless Jesus is “father” to the disciples
• Not a remembrance of the Old Covenant but establishing a New Covenant

You Have to Eat the Lamb

The manna of the Messiah

The manna in the Tabernacle

1. Miraculous: every morning, just enough
2. Double: also quail every evening
3. Some preserved in the Tabernacle
4. Distinctive – honey – flavor

No more manna after crossing the Jordan

Manna Mysteries

The bread of the world to come

The bread from the beginning of creation

The eternal bread in the Heavenly Temple

The bread of the Messiah

Jesus and the New Manna

The Lord’s Prayer – give us this day our epiousios bread

• In the Vulgate: Give us this day our super substantial bread. (Mt 6:11)
• St. Cyril: Common bread is not super substantial, but this holy bread is super substantial.
• St. Cyprian: “heavenly bread,” the “food of salvation.”

The Bread of Life Discourse (John ch 6) – a hard saying, a claim of divinity

• For my flesh is real food and my blood is real drink.

The Bread of the Presence

The Bread of the Face of God (panim)

The Bread of the Everlasting Covenant

To see the face of the Lord: “Behold God’s Love for You”