Where in the New Testament do we find the "Sacrifice of the Mass"?
Those who witnessed Jesus on Calvary were mostly Jewish people who understood a "sacrifice" as something taking place with a priest at the temple during Passover. What they saw on Calvary was an execution.
How does a Roman execution therefore, get transformed into a sacrifice? St. Paul himself gives an early explanation. Jesus' sacrifice is correlated with the Passover.
Catholics continue to celebrate the New Passover during Mass as Christ consecrates the bread and wine into His Body and Blood through the person of the ordained priest.
This means Christians offer their suffering with Jesus at Mass who redeems it through His blood.
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