Our Christian roots: Cenacle, room of Last Supper

(Vatican Radio) It’s called the cenacle or “cenacolo” as they say here in Italy – it’s the physical room or chamber where Christ and his disciples met for their very last supper. For centuries, Christian tradition has indicated that the site of the cenacle is in Jerusalem – on the upper floor of a stone house on Mount Zion. The cenacle had once belonged to the Franciscan Custody of the Holy Land which still claims ownership of the property, in the hands of Israeli authorities since 1948. The simple, high vaulted chamber is where Christ blessed the bread and wine, and called on his disciples “to do this in memory of me”.
As part of our series of Lenten reflections on Christian sites in the Holy Land, scholar and author Fr. Peter Stravinskas takes us to the Cenacle, recalling its true meaning for all Catholics, and indeed for all Christians.
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