
*The Sacred Paschal Triduum*
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"At every celebration of the Eucharist, we are spiritually brought back to the paschal Triduum: to the events of the evening of Holy Thursday, to the Last Supper and to what followed it."
"In this gift Jesus Christ entrusted to his Church the perennial making present of the paschal mystery. With it he brought about a mysterious 'oneness in time' between that Triduum and the passage of the centuries."
"When the Church celebrates the Eucharist, the memorial of her Lord's death and resurrection, this central event of salvation becomes really present and the work of our redemption is carried out. This sacrifice is so decisive for the salvation of the human race that Jesus Christ offered it and returned to the Father only after he had left us a means of sharing in it as if we had been present there. Each member of the faithful can thus take part in it and inexhaustibly gain its fruits. This is the faith from which generations of Christians down the ages have lived. The Church's Magisterium has constantly reaffirmed this faith with joyful gratitude for its inestimable gift. I wish once more to recall this truth and to join you, my of dear brothers and sisters, in adoration before this mystery, a great mystery, a mystery of mercy. What more could Jesus have done for us? Truly in the Eucharist, He shows us a love which goes 'to the end' (cf. Jn 13:1), a love which knows no measure."
~ Pope St. John Paul II
Papal Encyclical: Ecclesia De Eucharista, 4/17/2003
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