The Last Supper is linked to which sacramental founding?

The Last Supper is linked to which sacramental founding?

• A. Pentecost
• B. The Nativity
• C. The Last Supper (Holy Thursday)
• D. The Resurrection

Answer: (C)

The main idea is that Jesus establishes the Eucharist at the Last Supper. In that moment he takes bread and wine, declares them his Body and Blood, and invites the apostles to “do this in memory of me.” This act inaugurates the sacrament of the Eucharist, the ongoing celebration of Holy Communion in the Church. Pentecost is about the Holy Spirit empowering the apostles, not about instituting a specific sacrament. The Nativity marks Jesus’ birth, and the Resurrection his rising from the dead; while central to salvation, they do not mark the founding of a sacrament in the way the Last Supper does.

The main idea is that Jesus establishes the Eucharist at the Last Supper. In that moment he takes bread and wine, declares them his Body and Blood, and invites the apostles to “do this in memory of me.” This act inaugurates the sacrament of the Eucharist, the ongoing celebration of Holy Communion in the Church.

Pentecost is about the Holy Spirit empowering the apostles, not about instituting a specific sacrament. The Nativity marks Jesus’ birth, and the Resurrection his rising from the dead; while central to salvation, they do not mark the founding of a sacrament in the way the Last Supper does.