| | A. It was shortly after the Last Supper that Jesus was arrested, tried, tortured and crucified – and He rose again from the dead three days later. Christians believe that these events brought us salvation – Jesus’ death was a sacrifice to God His Father for the sins of all humanity.
At every Mass the bread and wine are changed into Christ’s Body and Blood – the body, which died on the cross, the blood, which was shed. This means that every Mass we join in a special way with the event of the crucifixion – we offer to God the same sacrifice, which Jesus offered to the Father on the Cross.
We also offer our lives along with Jesus, asking the Father to accept everything we have – our joys, our talents, our sorrows, our all. There are many important aspects to the Mass. Another is that the Mass is also a great prayer of thanksgiving and of praise to God, which we make to Him through His Son, Jesus Christ.
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