Thomas Griffin 4/17/25 (For National Catholic Register)
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Let Us Begin: New Book on the Life and Power of St. Francis
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“Take, eat. This is my body, given up for you. Take, drink. This is my blood, poured out for you.”
Jesus’ words at the Last Supper ought to shake us. His body is beaten down and broken, for you. His blood is made to drip out of his flesh, for you. The movement of Jesus to gather his closest disciples together to share one last meal with them communicates that he desires to share this intimacy with the future generations of his followers.
For this reason, St. Augustine once encouraged the faithful to “recognize in this bread what hung on the cross, and in this chalice what flowed from his side … whatever was in many and varied ways announced beforehand in the sacrifices of the Old Testament pertains to this one sacrifice which is revealed in the New Testament.”
All of salvation history leads to the upper room and to Golgotha. Not only would these days become the source of our salvation — they would become the conduit for the highest ability of union with God: the Eucharist. The invitation of Holy Thursday is to never take the Blessed Sacrament and attendance at the Sacrifice of the Mass for granted.
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Thomas Griffin is the chairperson of the religion department at a Catholic high school on Long Island where he lives with his wife and two sons. He has a masters degree in theology and is the Founder and Editor-in-Chief of Empty Tomb Project: The Magazine. He is the author of Let Us Begin: Saint Francis’s Way of Becoming Like Christ and Renewing the World.
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