The Eucharist (or Mass, or Lord’s Supper, or Holy Communion) is widely regarded as the central sacrament of the Christian Church, and the high point of its worship. Christ’s sacrificial offering of himself for the world is unfolded in the midst of worshippers in the elements of bread and wine. And worshippers are, in turn, enfolded in Christ by their participation in his body and blood. Christians have discerned resonances of this mysterious exchange between God and humanity throughout the Bible’s stories—both anticipations and echoes of it. These exhibitions explore some of them, as well as reflecting on the texts that describe the Last Supper and Jesus’s institution of the Eucharist.

Manna in the Desert

Exodus 16

The Prophet Elijah in the Wilderness

1 Kings 17:1–7; 19:4–14

The Last Supper

Matthew 26:26–29; Mark 14:22–25; Luke 22:15–20

The Road to Emmaus

Luke 24:13–35

Finding and Abiding

John 14:1–17

A Sanctuary Not Made with Hands

Hebrews 9