Parco, using the typological sense of Scripture, indicates the links between the Jewish Passover and Jesus the Christ, the Passover of the Christian community. With, through and in the Passover of Jesus, the Church, the mystical Body of Christ, partakes of and announces this mysterious passage. The life of the believing community has a paschal character; through the sacraments of baptism and the Eucharist, the community participates in the divine life which flows from the risen Jesus’ redemptive work. – from the Editor’s Preface