{"id":3850,"date":"2025-04-17T05:01:19","date_gmt":"2025-04-17T05:01:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cornerstonecem.org\/blog\/?p=3850"},"modified":"2025-04-14T00:02:31","modified_gmt":"2025-04-14T00:02:31","slug":"the-last-supper-and-a-new-command","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cornerstonecem.org\/blog\/the-last-supper-and-a-new-command\/","title":{"rendered":"The Last Supper and a New Command"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: right;\"><strong>Thursday, April 17<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>The Last Supper and a New Command<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>And He took bread, gave thanks and broke it, and gave it to them, saying, \u201cThis is My body which is given for you; do this in remembrance of Me.\u201d<strong> Luke 22:19<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Maundy Thursday draws us into one of the most intimate and powerful moments of Jesus&#8217; earthly life \u2014 the Last Supper. It is a night of remembrance, a night of revelation, and a night where Jesus leaves behind not only a meal but a mandate: \u201cLove one another, as I have loved you.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Before the bread is broken, before the cup is passed, Jesus kneels. He washes feet. Even the feet of Judas \u2014 the one who would betray Him just hours later.<\/p>\n<p>This act wasn\u2019t just about cleanliness; it was about love. Jesus, fully aware of the suffering ahead, chose to spend His final hours serving, sharing, and loving \u2014 all while pointing to the deeper meaning behind it all: \u201cThis is My body, broken for you&#8230; do this in remembrance of Me.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Do this in remembrance of Me &#8211; these words are more than a ritual. They\u2019re an invitation, a holy rhythm of remembering, returning, and realigning our hearts with the heart of Jesus.<\/p>\n<p>What Are We Remembering?<\/p>\n<p>We remember His sacrifice \u2014 a body broken, a life poured out so that we could be made whole.<\/p>\n<p>We remember His love \u2014 unconditional, selfless, scandalous grace for sinners like us.<\/p>\n<p>We remember His presence \u2014 the One who didn\u2019t just visit us but came to dwell with us, die for us, and rise for us.<\/p>\n<p>We remember His promise \u2014 that He is coming again, and until then, we live as His body on earth.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Prayer for today: <\/strong><em>Loving Father, Teach me, Jesus, to love like You \u2014 humbly, fully, even when it\u2019s uncomfortable. Let my love point others to You.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Thursday, April 17 The Last Supper and a New Command And He took bread, gave thanks and broke it, and gave it to them, saying, \u201cThis is My body which is given for you; do this in remembrance of Me.\u201d Luke 22:19 Maundy Thursday draws us into one of the most intimate and powerful moments [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3850","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/cornerstonecem.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3850","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/cornerstonecem.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/cornerstonecem.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cornerstonecem.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cornerstonecem.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3850"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/cornerstonecem.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3850\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3851,"href":"https:\/\/cornerstonecem.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3850\/revisions\/3851"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/cornerstonecem.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3850"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cornerstonecem.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3850"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/cornerstonecem.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3850"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}