The Last Supper was a bittersweet meal for Jesus and his apostles.
You can hear the sadness in Jesus' words when he says, "Amen, I say to you, I shall not drink again the fruit of the vine until the day when I drink it new in the kingdom of God."
However, Jesus also offers his apostles a source of hope by making the Last Supper the fulfillment of his promise: "Whoever eats my flesh and drinks my blood remains in me and I in him."
On Good Friday the apostles would witness the death of their best friend and teacher. But at the Last Supper before dying Jesus gives them the sacramental source for an even more intimate union.
Just as Jesus promised his apostles that he would always be with them, at every Mass he reassures us that we will never be alone, that we will never be without his intimate presence.
