Triduum Top Days for Christian

This evening the Roman Catholic Lectionary will present the texts which begin Triduum 2010. The “3 days” are treated as a continuous liturgy. The Triduum opens with the “Evening Mass of the Lord's Supper”. The “Last Supper” of daVinci fame is the setting for the last Passover meal shared by Jesus with His disciples. The Pascal Lamb slaughtered by the Israelites as they began their Exodus from the oppression in Egypt, becomes Jesus. The “New Covenant” is marked by the Son who serves by takinf the place of the lowest station in the Israelite society, slave, and washing the feet of His disciples. The “suffering servant” of Isaiah is present in Jesus flesh. Paul presents to the Corinthians, the “institution narrative” which Christians use to mark the Presence of Jesus in the Eucharistic Celebrations.