” “"At the centre of Jesus’ new Easter was the Cross. From it came the new gift taken by Him. And so it always stays in the Holy Eucharist, in which we can celebrate with the Apostles the new Easter through the times". It was recalled this afternoon by Benedict XVI, during the "Missa in Coena Domini" in the Basilica of San Giovanni in Laterano. Benedict XVI mentioned Jesus’ words: "No one is taking my life but I offer it myself": "The Easter haggadah, the celebration of God’s salvific action he explained , has become the memory of the Cross and Resurrection of Christ"; a memory that "does not just recalls the past, but attracts us into the presence of Christ’s love. And likewise the berakha, the prayer in blessing and thanksgiving of Israel, has become our Eucharistic celebration, in which the Lord blesses our gifts, the bread and the wine, to offer Himself in them". "Let’s pray the Lord went on the Pope that He may help us understand more and more deeply this wonderful mystery, to love it more and more and in it to love Him more and more". (continued)” “
