The sacrificial character of the Eucharist is manifested in the very words of institution: 'This is my body which is given for you' and 'This cup which is poured out for you is the New Covenant in ...

Verbum caro panem verum verbo carnem efficit, fitque sanguis Christi merum, etsi sensus deficit. Ad firmandum cor sincerum sola fides sufficit. Amen. F. Overbeck invt. J. Keller sc. Düsseldorf.

They are also required to keep a feast of unleavened bread, “as perpetual institution” (Exodus 12:17). In the Eucharist, all these elements are combined to make up Mass as our keeping of the ...

On Holy Thursday, the Easter Triduum begins. The Catholic Church commemorates the institution of the Eucharist at the Last Supper. As if that weren't enough, with the washing of the feet ...

Today, as in many liturgical years past, we celebrate Maundy Thursday — also known as Holy Thursday — the day before Easter that commemorates the institution of ...