Lenten Reflection #4
Jesus knew that pagan belief systems, even in his own time, included practices of human sacrifice. The Eucharist grew out of that, and he was the sacrificial lamb. In the Catholic faith, it is believed that the Eucharist is, in fact, the true body and blood of Christ. A human sacrifice. I ask myself how such an act of brutality can also be such an act of love. But then the study of mythology affirms that the greatest gift to god and from god is one of his highest creations.
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