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3 There is a particular event that foretells the Sacrifice of Christ on the Cross and 4 the Eucharist in the Old Testament. It is this: The Passover meal of the Jews (read Ex 12, 1-11). This evokes the occasion when the people of Israel were delivered from slavery in Egypt and entered into the Promised Land. In this Jewish meal, during which a lamb was sacrificed (and whose blood was sprinkled on the door posts of the people’s houses as a sign) and unleavened bread and wine were consumed, the Christian Faith sees a sign that prefigures the Eucharistic meal at which Christ sacrifices himself and becomes our food and drink. 52