Christ our Passover has been sacrificed, alleluia; therefore, let us keep the feast with the unleavened bread of purity and truth, alleluia, alleluia.
The lyrical words of today’s Communion Antiphon, so full of history, contain a deep mystical reality which is difficult to express in human language. St. Paul had a full knowledge of the Jewish feasts and customs and could, without hesitation, equate Christ as the Passover lamb, prefigured in the Jewish law. On the night of the first Passover when the Israelites were freed from slavery to the Egyptians, “the house of Israel did indeed say, ‘His mercy endures forever’” … From that day forward, this saving event of the Israelite nation has been commemorated every year with two specific items: unleavened bread and the sacrifice of a lamb.” - Sister Mary Francis, Poor Clare of St. Louis