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Institution of the Eucharist
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A final mystery of light is the institution of the Eucharist, in which Christ offers his body and blood as food under the signs of bread and wine, and testifies "to the end" his love for humanity (Jn 13:1), for whose salvation he will offer himself in sacrifice.

Let us pray a scriptural decade

 for the fifth luminous mystery

 

Our Father

 

Now before the feast of the Passover, when Jesus knew that his hour and come to depart out of this world to the Father, having loved his own who were in the world, he loved them to the end. (Jn 13 :1)

 

Hail Mary

 

Then came the day of Unleavened Bread, on which the passover lamb had to be sacrificed. (LK 22:7)

 

Hail Mary

 

So Jesus sent Peter and John, saying, "Go and prepare the passover for us," (LK 22:8)

 

Hail Mary

 

And when the hour came, he sat at table, and the apostles with him. And he said to them, "I have earnestly desired to eat this passover with you before I suffer." (LK 22:14-15)

 

Hail Mary 

 

"for I tell you I shall not eat it until it is fulfilled in the kingdom of God." (LK 22:16)

 

Hail Mary

 

And he took a cup, and when he had given thanks he said "Take this and divide it among yourselves; (LK 22:17)

 

Hail Mary

 

for I tell you that from now on I shall not drink of the fruit of the vine until the kindom of God comes." (LK 22:18)

 

Hail Mary

 

And he took bread, and when he had given thanks he broke it and gave it to them saying, "This is my body which is given for you. Do this in rememberance of me." (LK 22:19)

 

Hail Mary

 

And likewise the cup after supper, saying, "this cup which is poured out for you is the new convenant in my blood."(LK 22:20)

 

Hail Mary

 

and when they had sung a hymn, they went out to the Mount of Olives. (Mk 14 : 26)

 

Hail Mary

 

Glory be to the Father, and to the Son, and to the Holy Spirit./  As it was in the beginning, is now, and ever shall be, world without end.  Amen.

 
 
 
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