“Since our Divine Lord came to die, it was fitting that there be a Memorial of his death.  Since he was God, as well as man, and since he never spoke of his death without speaking of his Resurrection, should he not himself institute the precise memorial of his own death?  And that is exactly what he did the night of the Last Supper.  His Memorial was instituted, not because he would die and be buried, but because he would live again after the Resurrection.  His Memorial would be the fulfillment of the Law and the prophets; it would be one in which there would be a Lamb sacrificed to commemorate spiritual freedom; above all, it would be a Memorial of a New Covenant, a Testament between God and man.”  Archbishop Fulton Sheen (Life of Christ)