A butter lamb has taken center stage on my family’s Easter table for as long as I can remember. Each year at Easter, my ...

The New Testament continues this analogy of Jesus as a sacrificial lamb: “the lamb of God” (John 1:29 ... of the old covenant entering into the Holy of Holies once a year (Hebrews 2:17 ...

The time period is known as Holy Week. "Good Friday has been, for centuries now, the heart of the Christian message because it is through the death of Jesus Christ that Christians believe ...

God, the Holy Spirit, have mercy on us ... Clean oblation, have mercy on us. Lamb without spot, have mercy on us. Most pure feast, have mercy on us. Food of Angels, have mercy on us.

This holy Communion manifests the support and concern ... saying: V. This is the Lamb of God who takes away the sins of the world. Happy are those who are called to his supper.