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 the heart of the Passover meal was the eating of a lamb, which had been
 sacrificed, in remembrance of <span style="background-color:rgb(208,224,227)">the lambs of the original Passover, whose
 blood had been smeared on the doorposts of the Israelites in Egypt. </span>
</b><b>Making his Last Supper a Passover meal, Jesus was signaling the 
fulfillment of <span style="background-color:rgb(208,224,227)">John the Baptist’s prophecy that he, Jesus, would be the 
Lamb of God and the definitive sacrifice</span>.</b></span></span><span style="background-color:rgb(255,242,204)"><b><br><br></b></span><span style="color:rgb(0,0,0);font-size:18px;font-weight:400;line-height:inherit;text-decoration:inherit;font-family:georgia,"times new roman";font-style:normal"><span style="background-color:rgb(255,242,204)"><b>This
 sacrifice is made sacramentally present at every Mass</b></span>—not for the sake 
of God, who has no need of it, but for our sake. <span style="background-color:rgb(255,242,204)"><b><u>In the Mass</u>, we 
participate in the act by which divinity and humanity are reconciled, 
and we eat <u>the sacrificed body and drink the poured-out blood of the 
Lamb of
God</u>.</b></span></span></b><br></span></b></div>
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