The First Holy Mass
"Before the feast of Passover, Jesus knew that his hour had come to pass from this world to the Father. Having loved his own who were in the world, he loved them to the end." (Jn 13:1) The highest and most festive moment of the Jewish celebration was the Passover, that is, the remembrance of the liberation that God performed by delivering His people from the hands of the Pharaohs and bringing them into an abundance of joy and happiness in a land flowing with milk and honey. After Christ came to Earth, Passover became Christian and gained a more complete and full meaning of liberation. Jesus, as a good Jew, gathered with His apostles to celebrate this important event. And of course, He had prepared Himself very well because He knew it would be a Passover "more than special," a Passover that would change the history of humanity. For this reason, on the first day of Unleavened Bread, when His apostles asked Him, He answered what to do and how to do it: "Go...