Pope Francis urges us to stop eating lamb for Easter!

<>Pope Francis is the first pope in the history of Christianity to urge us to stop eating lamb at Easter!

“Do not eat lamb for Easter!

This is an exceptional event, because it is for the first time in the history of Christianity that an important person – even if he is from the Catholic world, he is himself the pope – exposes the enormous error that is made on the eve of the holy Easter holidays. Perhaps someone will say that there is no point in talking about such a religious holiday, but even if it were just that, Easter is a time when people relate to that which is good, furious, authentic and certainly life on Earth acquires additional power and beauty and this is true regardless of whether we believe in Jesus or not.

And yet, until now, with this inner impulse towards the light, a shadow also appeared: the serene killing of most male lambs (in particular) to “celebrate” Easter!
This collective murder is almost like a satanic ritual and it is not difficult to feel that something is wrong.
We thank the Pope for bringing light to this hitherto silent area.
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Among the oldest Christian communities, the lamb was represented on the shoulders of the shepherd and symbolized the soul saved by Christ. His killing on Easter has no basis in Christian tradition, but rather has its roots in the Old Testament.
It is a bloody ritual, in stark contradiction to the concept of the Resurrection, which brings with it the renewal of faith and hope.
It is a ritual that is not necessary in a society like ours, already plunged with violence and death, which only serves to satisfy the interests of the food industry.”
(Pope Francis)

The origin of the paschal lamb is linked to an ancient history of the people of Israel, a pre-Christian rite, which is found in the Old Testament. St. Gregory of Nazianzus tells us that the lamb with its face expresses meekness and innocence, and its uncorrupted garment prefigures that of the Messiah.
In the Christian tradition, the lamb is nothing more than a reminiscence of the paschal lamb in the Old Testament.

The first Christian communities did not sacrifice the lamb, lest it be confused with the Jewish Passover, and initially they even gave up this custom. But we no longer live by the rules of the Old Testament, and the sacrifice of an innocent animal has nothing to do with the Eucharistic sacrifice, in which Jesus Christ offers Himself to the faithful, in the form of bread and wine representing His blood and body.

So let’s take into account Pope Francis’ exhortation and stop slaughtering lambs at Easter! Let us purify our spirit but also our body in the light of the holy Easter holidays!

source:http://traieste-vegetarian.blogspot.ro