Moses and Passover

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Moses and Passover
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Opening Prayer

• Our Father p.175
• Scripture p.35

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Ice Breaker

• The first to put the ten commandments in order
  wins!

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Reading and Reviewing

• Take turns reading Chapter 5 as a group.

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Moses

• The Egyptians knew that a boy was going to free
  the Hebrews from slavery. So they began to kill
  all the boys of a certain age.
• Moses mother put him in a basket and placed him
  in the Nile to save his life.
• Moses was found by Pharaohs daughter and was
  raised as a prince in Egypt.
• Moses would later, with the power of God, free
  the slaves in Egypt.
• Moses led them through the Red Sea
• Moses received the Ten Commandments to help guide
  the people.
• He eventually led them to the promised land.

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Moses and Jesus

• King killed all boys to prevent his rise.
• Saved the Israelites
• Was a shepherd
• Led Gods people to freedom through the Red Sea
• Gave the people Gods Law
• Led people to the promised land

• King killed all boys to prevent his rise.
• Savior of all mankind
• Was the Good Shepherd
• Led Gods people to freedom through the waters of
  Baptism
• Fulfilled the Law, esp. in the Sermon on the
  Mount
• Leads us to Heaven the true Promised Land

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Passover and the Eucharist

• The Passover prefigured the Eucharistic Feast
  that we celebrate every Sunday.
• A pure, unblemished, lamb is sacrificed to save
  the people from death and enslavement.
• The blood of the Lamb is used as a shield by
  spreading it on the doorpost.
• Everyone had to share in the meat of the
  sacrifice.

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Passover and the Eucharist

• The last supper was the Passover feast
• Jesus turned bread and wine into his body and
  blood and offered himself as the new Lamb to save
  them from eternal death and eternal enslavement
  (Hell).
• Jesus intends all of us to share of that one
  single meal and sacrifice.
• Each time we go to Mass it is not a new
  sacrifice.
• Rather the priest calls forward that same
  sacrifice into the present so that we too can eat
  of the Lamb of God who takes away our sins.
• When Christ died for us, it was once for all, so
  that sins may be forgiven.

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Passover and the Eucharist

• John the Baptist calls Jesus the Lamb of God.
• Pilate condemns Jesus to die at the sixth hour
  which is when the Passover lambs were sacrificed.
• The soldiers gave Jesus vinegar to drink which
  was placed on the end of hyssop stick. Hyssop
  was used to spread the blood on the doorway at
  Passover.
• The soldiers did not break any of Jesus bones.
  The Israelites were commanded not to break any of
  the bones of the Paschal Lamb.

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Small Group Activity

• Design a wall poster to show how to help people
  understand one of the following
• How the Eucharist is like Passover
• How does Moses prefigure Jesus
• How Jesus fulfilled the Ten Commandments, what
  did he teach us beyond them?
• How does the Eucharist connect to the Cross

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Closing Prayer

• Hail Mary p.175