Mass of the Lord's Supper

I just want to share with you the following, taken from Celia Sirois, one of my favorite authors:

"Tonight's readings from the Book of Exodus and from 1 Corinthians are exercises in liturgical remembering (anamnesis). The Passover supper is described as "a memorial feast" for all generations and, in the Eucharistic celebration, the bread is broken and the cup drained in remembrance of Jesus. Such remembering, the Catechism says, "is not merely the recollection of past events but the proclamation of the mighty works wrought by God...In the liturgical celebration of these events, they become in a certain way present and real" (n. 1363). Thus in every Jewish Passover, in every generation, the liberating act of God is experienced anew. Likewise, as often as we eat the bread and drink the cup of the Lord's Supper, the sacrifice of Jesus on the cross is made present.

Tonight's Gospel also asks us to remember. In John's version of the Last Supper, Jesus interprets his death by washing his disciples' feet. When Peter protests, Jesus tells him, "What I am doing, you do not understand now, but you will understand later." Peter will remember; and so must we. And because we remember, we wash one another's feet."

From Word of Life: Daily Scripture Companion by Celia Sirois, Pauline Books & Media
http://store.pauline.org/english/books/word-of-life#gsc.tab=0