Refreshing Bread

Meditation by Fr. Cristian Laslo “This day shall be for you a memorial day, and you shall keep it as a feast to the Lord, throughout your generations you shall observe it as an ordinance for ever.” (Book of Exodus 12, 14). Chapter 14 from the Gospel of Mark contemplates of the Last Supper, and Jesus’ prayer in the Garden of Gethsemane. It also reveals the the perverted nature of mankind, using the image of the corrupted Judah and the weakness of the other disciples. Jesus is observing the Mosaic law before the Passover, sitting together with his brothers… true the corrupted ones. He knew them well, their desires, their dreams, their weaknesses. Yet, He didn’t choose them by their human impulses, but by their spark of divinity hidden deep into their conscience. The greedy Judah, the incredulous Thomas, the immature John, the unreliable Peter, the unstable sons of Zebedee… all in the same room, all at the same table, all receiving the true Body and Blood of Christ. After dinner they weren’t able to assist a