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Hey there, Sprouts. Today is Wednesday, April 17th, 2019. We of course still are in the last

week of Lent, Holy Week. And Wednesday, traditionally people celebrate or call this day

Spy Wednesday.

This is referring to Judas, who most likely spent the day before Holy Thursday,

lining up the way that he would betray Jesus.

So we think about Judas, meeting with the high priests and setting an amount of money that he would receive before betraying Jesus. Today, we are going to continue to talk about the remarkable

things that happened during the liturgy on Good Thursday tomorrow. Yesterday, we talked about

the first very cool thing, which is the washing of the feet.

And today we are going to talk about the amazing institution of the Eucharist that happens at

the last supper.

So after Jesus washes the feet of his disciples, they sit down for a meal.

But it is not just any ordinary meal that they celebrate on this day.

It is the great feast of the Passover.

For the Passover, it's a Jewish feast that commemorates when Jesus, when God, sorry, rescued his followers, his people from slavery in Egypt. They eat very specific food,

unleavened bread, bitter herbs, and they eat it in a way that remembers God's great mercy

that rescued them. Now, it is not a coincidence that Jesus used this feast and this meal

as a time to institute the Eucharist. All of the Old Testament happened, and it was all talking

about the coming of the Messiah. All of the prophets, everyone that came foreshadowed Jesus Christ.

And at the Last Supper and at the cross, Jesus fulfills all of those promises.

What we learn at the Last Supper is that the events of the Passover are just the very

first part of the story. They're just clues that help us recognize God's plan once it is complete.

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