Unleavened Bread: "Bread of Affliction"?

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In my Book of The Office of Readings for today - First Reading, unleavened bread is called “the bread of affliction” - can anyone tell me why please?

Thanks heaps…Blessings…Barb:)
 
I believe it was to remind the Jews of their suffering in Egypt, which we Christians understand allegorically as referring to our former sinful life.
Read Exodus 12 and the beginning of Deuteronomy 16.

John
 
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I believe it was to remind the Jews of their suffering in Egypt, which we Christians understand allegorically as referring to our former sinful life.
Read Exodus 12 and the beginning of Deuteronomy 16.

John
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Thanks John…I think I have put it together now after reading your comments, Exodus 12 and Deuteronomy 16…Blessings - Barb:)
 
On a side note, it is one of several reasons why the Orthodox Church uses leavened bread and not “bread of affliction” for Christ’s body in Holy Communion.
 
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On a side note, it is one of several reasons why the Orthodox Church uses leavened bread and not “bread of affliction” for Christ’s body in Holy Communion.
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Thank you for this information. I did reflect after reading your post giving the meaning of “bread of affliction” - and for me from now on Holy Communion will be a unity too with the afflictions of Christ in His Passion under the species of the “bread of affliction”. It is a reminder too of the night before His Passion at the Last Supper and then Gethsemane. The words of St. Paul came to mind too “I preach Christ, and Him crucified”.

Blessings - Barb:)
 
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