The Old Covenant taught us to live in obedience. The New Covenant is to live in love. In the Old Covenant, the people did not have access to the Holy of Holies, only the high priest and he only had ...

“Everything that the priesthood of the Old Covenant prefigured finds its fulfillment in Christ Jesus, the ‘one mediator between God and men” (“Catechism of the Catholic Church,” 1544 ...

This privilege is no longer only for the Jews. Sacrifice was important in the old covenant. The Israelites frequently sacrificed animals in the temple to receive God’s blessing and to have their ...