Triduum to relive the Covenant cut in blood

The Roman Catholic Lectionary offers the texts which are used at the Solemn Celebration of the Lord's Supper which will begin Triduum 2012 today. The Passover passage from the Book of Exodus is the story of the saving of the Israelites from slavery in Egypt. This commemoration brings the events of that time to the present as Jews in our time gather prepared to relive the Passover event. The Covenant with God marked by the Passover is described by Friar Jude Winkler as a Covenant "cut in blood". The Letter of Paul to the Corinthians is the earliest account of the events of Jesus Last Supper and the institution of the New Covenant "in My Blood". Christians come to the Eucharistic Table to be present again at the Last Supper transcending the limitations of finite time. The Presence of Jesus today through bread and wine joins the believer with the Body and Blood of God in   the Covenant again "cut in Blood". The Gospel of John puts the Life of those in communion with God into the role of humble service. The God who emptied Himself takes the position of slave, offering great confusion to Peter, and tells those who seek intimacy with He and the Father  that we should "also do as I have done".