Fly, as I understand it from a Jewish perspective, the passover was (still is for them) - an ongoing perpetual experience of the Exodus itself. Sound familiar? According to Jewish authority, the Exodus did not (still doesn’t) - present itself as merely ancient history or a one-time event, when celebrated on passover, year after year, a view the CC shares regarding Jesus’ sacrifice on Calvary. Since the key way to remember the Exodus for the Israelites, was reenactment, for them, the passover feast offered itself as an ongoing perpetual experience of that one time Exodus event that took place so long ago. As the Israelites relived the Exodus year after year, as commanded by God, it turned memory into a moral dynamic, alive and present, year after year. As the Israelites would partake of the lamb, they would remember the horrible acts that took place just prior to the Exodus of their forefathers etc… They would recall Gods incredible act of love. The same thing happens at the Mass. We recall and enter into that horrible event that took place so long ago on Calvary, and recall Jesus’ infinite act of love. It’s an an ongoing perpetual experience of Calvary itself, made present in a much more way for the simple fact that we are consuming the blood of the Lamb of God, the actual medicine for the soul, which also turns memory into a moral dynamic.This past event, called the Exodus, for them, became a real and active part of the lives of the people celebrating the passover, year after year. The Exodus was not some past ancient event to the Israelites. Still isn’t today. It was much more than that. It was their ever-recurring redemption, which is exactly how the CC views Jesus’ sacrifice on Calvary. It was, to the ancient Israelites, (as they would celebrate the passover, year after year) - the Exodus event. The exodus event, for the Israelites, was made present each and every time they celebrated the passover year after year. The passover of the Old Covenant and the passover of the New Covenant, from a catholic perspective, are strikingly similar in the manner in which each is celebrated/commemorated - don’t you think? They never would have view the passover in a simple symbolic way, nor do they today. It was and still is, much more than that.
Fly, do a little research, from a Jewish perspective; it’s really interesting.
