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Why is the Eucharist connected to Jesus’s Last Supper?

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Mosaic: Christianity — Christianity Christ as Ruler, with the Apostles and Evangelists (represented by the beasts). The female figures are believed to be either Santa Pudenziana and Santa Práxedes or symbols of the Jewish and Gentile churches. Mosaic in the apse of Santa Pudenziana basilica, Rome, 401–417 ce.

The Eucharist is fundamentally connected to the Last Supper because it was during this final meal that Jesus instituted the sacrament.12

According to the New Testament, specifically the Synoptic Gospels and the First Letter of Paul to the Corinthians, Jesus shared bread and wine with his disciples on the night before his crucifixion. During this meal, he blessed the bread, identifying it as his body, and shared a cup of wine, which he described as the "blood of my covenant" poured out for many.12

St. Luke records that Jesus instructed his followers to repeat this ceremony in his memory. Early Christians interpreted this as a mandate to continue the celebration, viewing it as a way to recall Jesus's actions and anticipate the future joys of the kingdom of God. Consequently, the Eucharist remains the central act of worship for most Christian denominations, serving as both a memorial and a means of fostering communion among believers.2134

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