Author name: Molly Hostetler

Last Supper

The Eucharist Book Review: Revealing Beauty through the Intellect

When one picks up an academic book, one does not expect to find a lot of beauty. Rarely is an academic book worthy of such appellations as lofty or sublime. Lawrence Feingold’s Eucharist is the exception and can be aptly characterized as both an aesthetic and intellectual feast. It is not that beauty is found on every page or that the author sacrifices intellectual excellence at the expense of spiritual edification.

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The Passover, Calvary, and the Mass

In enabling the re-presentation of His sacrifice at Mass, Christ fulfills the Passover as a “memorial” or “remembrance” (Ex 12:14). For the ancient Hebrews, remembering was never simply a commemoration of a past event. Rather, when the Hebrews remembered an event, God enabled that event to transcend time and impact the present. The Passover would always remain a limited, past event, for Moses, Pharaoh, and all the others lived out the Passover in a specific time and place. Their actions began and ended that day. And each succeeding year, new lambs would have to be offered.

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