What Is Commemoration in the Bible?
Feast
A day to remember someone or something. In the Church’s calendar it is the simplest kind of celebration.
A detail
- At Mass: the Church remembers Jesus, as he asked at the Last Supper: “Do this in memory of me.”
Today
November 2 is the Commemoration of All the Faithful Departed.
Where it appears in the Bible
Luke 22:19; 1 Corinthians 11:24
What the Bible says
Luke 22:19
And taking bread, he gave thanks, and brake; and gave to them, saying: This is my body, which is given for you. Do this for a commemoration of me.
1 Corinthians 11:24
And giving thanks, broke, and said: Take ye, and eat: this is my body, which shall be delivered for you: this do for the commemoration of me.
Douay-Rheims Bible (Challoner revision), public domain.
Source: RAE, “conmemoración”; General Roman Calendar; Catechism 1333; GIRM 79