The ritual (ie: precise words and gestures) of the mass is "safely distancing" the faithfuls from the common sensitivity that tends to be too superficial, thus reversing the wisdom of centuries. The flow of the ACTION goes from the Son to the Father. The attenuation, the violation and/or the inversion of the highest and divine institution would counter the flow and result in the dis-ORDER of the Sacrifice. Communion is the fruit of the Redemption ... so the Consecration cannot be seen as a "preparation" to the meal, "it is" the ORDER where the priest becomes —PERSONNA CHRISTI— that establishes the rule of the Salvation upon the Holy Faith.

"... and so with the cup, when supper was ended, This cup, he said, is the new testament, in my blood which is to be shed for you."

Lk, XXII, 21

"You need not be afraid; I know well that you have come to look for Jesus of Nazareth, the man who was crucified. He is not here; he has risen, as he told you ... You must go in haste, and tell his disciples that he has risen from the dead; and now he is going on before you into Galilee, where you shall have sight of him.

Mt. II; XXVIII, 5-8

because of His blood ...	... the destruction of sins
because of His blood ...	... the liberation from slavery
because of His blood ...	... the victory over evils
because of His blood ...	... the reconciliation with God
because of His blood ...	... the conquest of spiritual life
because of His blood ...	... the descent of the Holy Ghost
because of His blood ...	... mystical incorporation of the Church, the priesthood, the Sacrifice of the mass.
because of His blood ...	... the beatific vision of Heaven

Under the persistent and separated appearances of the bread (given to the Father "on" the cross) and of the wine (flowing from His side) we have the Sacrifice "present" on the Altar.

Upon the altar and within the consecration in the sanctuary, the priest becomes PERSONNA CHRISTI. At the image of both the precursor Melchisedech and the Grand Priest, he is (not only offering) but also both the victim and the "sacrificer" of the Holy Sacrifice of the Son to the Father. There takes place the sacred Union of the two natures (ie: the Divine and the human) ... that cannot be confused to the worldly concept of the "other two" natures (ie: the masculine and the feminine) ... thus the priest commands the due respect due to his vow of celibacy, because of the Order which he represents. 

 

Within the Last Supper, one cannot object that OLJC wanted to institute "NOT a sacrifice" ... but a commemoration only of ... the same EASTER LAMB, as once before crucified and bleeding to death upon the cross. 

In the mass the Sacrifice is re-offered and consumed under the appearances of the Host. Every day we celebrate the "Easter-Resurrection". 

In the above mentioned circumstances, OLJC had "no more" the intention to appear "poor", the celebration was executed into a large hall ... "Do this for a commemoration of ME."

 I Cor. XI, 24. 

This is the institution of the Priestly Sacrament of ORDER. The precursor was Melchisedech in a way similar to St John the Baptist to OLJC. The Order here is to "never" subordinate the supernatural values to the superficial values of sensitivities. Within the Calvary, only God is actively both the sacrificer and the victim. Our priests of the RC Church each become the PERSONNA CHRISTI in the area that is sacred (ie: the Sanctuary).

The first Alliance with Israel had been a long story of alternative succession of infidelities and repentances ... "Behold says the Lord, a time is coming when I will ratify a new covenant with the people of Israel, and with the people of Juda. It will not be like the covenant which I made with their fathers, on the day when I took them by the hand, to rescue them from Egypt; that they should break my covenant, and I should abandon them. No, this is the covenant...

Hebr. VIII, 8-13.  citing: Jer. XXXI, 31-34.

In stating a "new" alliance, God is inferring that the Old one will soon be "fulfilled" where the spiritual Charity will "complete" the previous Law. It will be "eternal" because the heavenly values will supersede the materialistic thirst.