ACC ~ Matthew 26 v28

MY BLOOD OF THE COVENANT

JEROME: From material things he moves on to spiritual things—namely, the vine transplanted from Egypt is the people of Israel to whom the Lord speaks through Jeremiah: “Yet I planted you a choice vine. … How then have you degenerated and become a wild vine?” Isaiah the prophet also celebrates this in his lovely canticle, and Scripture bears witness to it in different places. Therefore the Lord says that he will not drink of this fruit of the vine except in the kingdom of his Father. I believe the kingdom of the Father is the faith of the believers, which the apostle confirms when he says, “The kingdom of God is within you.” [1] Therefore, when the Jews have received the kingdom of the father—note that he says “of the father” and not “of God” (every “father” is the name of the son)—when, as I say, they have believed in God the Father and the Father has led them to the Son, the Lord will drink of their wine, like Joseph reigning in Egypt, who will drink and be merry with his brothers. COMMENTARY ON MATTHEW 4.26.29. [2]

[1] Lk 17:21.

[2] CCL 77:251-52.

WHAT WAS FORESHADOWED

CHRYSOSTOM: Why was this sacrament ordained at the time of the Passover? That we might learn that he is the giver of the law and that the things that are foreshadowed in the law are fulfilled in him. The Old Testament was a type of the things to come. He is the truth of those things. THE GOSPEL OF MATTHEW, HOMILY 82.1. [1]

[1] PG 58:738; NPNF 1 10:491.

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