The Old Testament is foreign to modern people in many ways, and one of the most striking

examples of a, quote-unquote, weird practice has to do with the very specific and often

very messy ceremonies surrounding ritual sacrifice. Last episode, we saw how sacrifice is required by God,

but we're going to continue this conversation and look at the specific sacrifices in the Old

Testament in different occasions. There were sin offerings, peace offerings, and holocausts, which are burnt

offerings. They also made use of bread, wine, food, and very often whole

animals, as well as their blood and fat. Why? And more interesting to us today, what does

this all represent about the Catholic Mass celebrated at your chapel this morning?

On SSpxpodcast.com slash mass, you'll be able to find all these episodes,

videos, and resources. So now let's join Father William McElvary, or episode seven, types of mass

in the Old Testament sacrifice. The next patriarch we'll look at is Moses. And again, this past year, for the first time, I realized that, you know, as a child, we hear the story of Moses and, you know, there's that there's that song.

And I think, I don't know if it's Protestant or not, but it's, you know, let my people go, right?

And as a kid, and up until last year, I thought it was just because God really liked the Jews and didn't like them being in slavery, which is partly true.

But God interestingly put a condition in there. He said to Moses, and correct me if I'm a wrong father or if I'm leading you down the wrong path. He told Moses,

let my people go so that they can worship me. It wasn't just because God was being nice.

Well, he was, but it was they're not able to worship me while they're in bondage. Let them go so they can worship. Is that right? That's absolutely right. And I don't know what are the origins of that song, but I know,

I know what you're referring to. That is what we all think of is, you know, Moses going before

Pharaoh and saying, let my people go.

Wasn't that like in a Bing Crosby, like Holiday Young, like one of those old timey movies or

something? I think so. Anyway.

It's funny, because it shows, it shows the Protestant mentality and perhaps more specifically

the American mentality of, you know, liberty being an absolute good, but not having any

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