Mark 14:23 (WEB)
He took the cup, and when he had given thanks, he gave to them. They all drank of it.
Catechism · 1
“Do this in remembrance of me." and likewise the cup after supper, saying, "This cup which is poured out for you is the New Covenant in my blood."” — Catechism footnote: Lk 22:7-20; Cf. Mt 26:17-29; Mk 14:12-25; 1 Cor 11:23-26.
Fathers and councils · 19
John Damascene
“For as often as ye eat this bread and drink this cup, ye do shew the death of the Son of man and confess His resurrection until He come.” — editor's note: St. Matt. xxvi. 27, 28; St. Mark xiv. 22–24; St. Luke xxii. 19, 20; 1 Cor. xi. 24–26.
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Catena Aurea on Mark
- BedeCatena Aurea on Mark
When the rites of the old Passover were finished, He passed to the new, in order, that is, to substitute the Sacrament of His own Body and Blood, for the flesh and blood of the lamb. Wherefore there follows: “And as…
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That is, giving thanks, He brake it, which we also do, with the addition of some prayers.
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He Himself also breaks the bread, which He gives to His disciples, to shew that the breaking of His Body was to take place, not against His Will, nor without His intervention; He also blessed it, because He with the…
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That, namely, which I now give and which ye take. But the bread is not a mere figure of the Body of Christ, but is changed into the very Body of Christ. For the Lord said, “The bread which I give you is My Flesh.”…
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Even now also that Christ is close to us; He Who prepared that table, Himself also consecrates it. For it is not man who makes the offerings to be the Body and Blood of Christ, but Christ Who was crucified for us.…
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But in a mystical sense, the Lord transfigures into bread His Body, which is the present Church, which is received in faith, is blessed in its number, is broken in its sufferings, is given in its examples, is taken…
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When His Passion was approaching, He is said to have taken bread and given thanks. He therefore gave thanks, Who took upon Him the stripes of other men’s wickedness; He Who did nothing worthy of smiting, humbly gives…
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The wine of the Lord’s cup is mixed with water, because we should remain in Christ and Christ in us. For on the testimony of John, the waters are the people, [Rev 17:15] and it is not lawful for any one to offer…
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Happy intoxication, saving fulness, which the more we drink gives the greater sobriety of mind!
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Some say that Judas did not partake in these Mysteries, but that he went out before the Lord gave the Sacrament. Some again say that He gave him also of that Sacrament.
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For Christ offered His Blood to him who betrayed Him, that he might have remission of his sins, if he had chosen to cease to be wicked.
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Judas therefore drinks and is not satisfied, nor can he quench the thirst of the everlasting fire, because he unworthily partakes of the Mysteries of Christ. There are some in The Church whom the Sacrifice does not…
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Let there not be therefore a Judas at the table of the Lord; this Sacrifice is spiritual food, for as bodily food, working on a belly filled with humours which are opposed to it, is hurtful, so this spiritual food if…
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This refers to the different circumstances of the Old Testament, which was consecrated by the blood of calves and of goats; and the lawgiver said in sprinking it, “This is the blood of the Testament which God has…
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For it does not cleanse all. It goes on: “Verily I say unto you, I will drink no more of the fruit of the vine, until that day that I drink it new in the kingdom of God.”
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As if He had said, I will not drink wine until the Resurrection; for He calls His Resurrection “the kingdom”, as He then reigned over death. But after His Resurrection He ate and drank with His disciples, shewing…
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Or else, Isaiah testifies that the synagogue is called the vine or the vineyard of the Lord, saying, “The vineyard of the Lord of hosts is the house of Israel.” [Isa 5:7] The Lord therefore when about to go to His…
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But we must consider that here the Lord changes the sacrifice without changing the time; so that we never celebrate the Caena Domini before the fourteenth moon. He who celebrates the Resurrection on the fourteenth…
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Cross-references · 7
Cited together in Bede on Mark 14:22–25 (4) (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Bede on Mark 14:22–25 (4) (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Bede on Mark 14:22–25 (3) (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in John Chrysostom on Mark 14:22–25 (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Bede on Mark 14:22–25 (4) (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Bede on Mark 14:22–25 (Catena Aurea).
Cited together in Bede on Mark 14:22–25 (5) (Catena Aurea).