CCC 611
Profession of Faith›SECTION TWO I. THE CREEDS›CHAPTER TWO I BELIEVE IN JESUS CHRIST, THE ONLY SON OF GOD›Paragraph 2. JESUS DIED CRUCIFIED
The Eucharist that Christ institutes at that moment will be the memorial of his sacrifice. Jesus includes the apostles in his own offering and bids them perpetuate it. By doing so, the Lord institutes his apostles as priests of the New Covenant: "For their sakes I sanctify myself, so that they also may be sanctified in truth." The agony at Gethsemani
Footnotes
- ⇒ 1 Cor 11:25.
- Cf. ⇒ Lk 22:19.
- ⇒ Jn 17:19; cf. Council of Trent: DS 1752; 1764.
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