[Petrosius]

Actually, "it is finished" are the closing words of the Passover meal. The Last Supper was not just any ordinary meal. It was the Jewish Passover. This was a highly ritualistic and structured meal. During this meal flesh of the lamb which had been sacrificed was eaten. There were also four ritualistic cups of wine that had to be drunken. The first two were before the meal. At the meal itself Jesus presented his own body as the new Lamb of God. His blood was presented as the third cup. They then sang a hymn and departed.

But the Passover meal was not yet over. The hymn that they sang was the Hillel. After this they were to drink the fourth cup. They did not do so. It was this fourth cup, which he would drink on the Cross, that our Lord referred to when he prayed to the Father in the Garden, "Father, if it be possible, take this cup from me…" Only when our Lord was at the point of death would he drink of the "fruit of the vine", the fourth cup. He then spoke the words "It is finished" which was the ritualistic conclusion of the Passover meal.

When Jesus gave the command, "Do this in remembrance of me," he was not just speaking of the sharing of bread and wine, but of the entire new Passover sacrificial meal. And this is what Catholics do at the Sacrifice of the Mass in obedience to his command.

[Resettozero]

You had me...until your incongruous last sentence, a non-sequitur, blew your post to smithereens.

[metmom]

So which body of Jesus is the Catholic church sacrificing?

His old body, which died?

Or His new resurrected body?

[impactplayer]

Interesting - “It is finished” was the battle cry of a field general as he declared victory at the completion of the battle. And as I read it, Jesus refused the wine at the cross. The fourth cup is the cup of redemption, and he did not drink of it until after the resurrection.

At least, that’s the way I read it.

Thanks,