There is memory that is static and memory that is dynamic.
Dynamic memory is the recall of the past as it is the springboard to the present and the future.
It is the memory of which political philosopher Milan Kundera speaks when he observes that the first step in the subjugation of a people is the destruction of their memory. Indeed, since Eden, Israel, whether as a biblical tribe or a modern political entity, has been a people of dynamic memory. Nowhere is this more evident than in the celebration of Passover. Christians are also a people of dynamic memory. We Catholic Christians especially.