Lessons 4-6 from the Divine Office of the Feast of the Most Precious Blood Of Our Lord Jesus Christ: Homily to the Neophytes by St. John Chrysostom.
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Lessons 4-6 from the Divine Office of the Feast of the Most Precious Blood Of Our Lord Jesus Christ: Homily to the Neophytes by St. John Chrysostom. . Wouldst thou learn the power of the Blood of Christ? Then let us look at the figure thereof, by calling to mind the ancient type written in the ancient Scriptures. In Egypt, at midnight, God threatened the Egyptians with the tenth plague, by which their first-born should perish, because they kept in captivity his first-born people. But, lest the beloved Jews should share their danger, because they were all in the same place, he found, in his wisdom, a remedy. Behold then a wonderful figure, that thou mayest learn his power in truth. The anger of the divine indignation was expected, and the Angel of Death circled over every home. What, therefore, did Moses do? Kill, saith he, a yearling lamb, and sprinkle the doors with its blood. What sayest thou, O Moses? Is the blood of a sheep likely to deliver a reasoning man? Yea, in good sooth, saith he; not by what that blood is in itself, but because by it, there is displayed a figure of the Blood of the Lord.
Lessons 4-6 from the Divine Office of the Feast of the Most Precious Blood Of Our Lord Jesus Christ: Homily to the Neophytes by St. John Chrysostom.
Lessons 4-6 from the Divine Office of the…
Lessons 4-6 from the Divine Office of the Feast of the Most Precious Blood Of Our Lord Jesus Christ: Homily to the Neophytes by St. John Chrysostom.
Lessons 4-6 from the Divine Office of the Feast of the Most Precious Blood Of Our Lord Jesus Christ: Homily to the Neophytes by St. John Chrysostom. . Wouldst thou learn the power of the Blood of Christ? Then let us look at the figure thereof, by calling to mind the ancient type written in the ancient Scriptures. In Egypt, at midnight, God threatened the Egyptians with the tenth plague, by which their first-born should perish, because they kept in captivity his first-born people. But, lest the beloved Jews should share their danger, because they were all in the same place, he found, in his wisdom, a remedy. Behold then a wonderful figure, that thou mayest learn his power in truth. The anger of the divine indignation was expected, and the Angel of Death circled over every home. What, therefore, did Moses do? Kill, saith he, a yearling lamb, and sprinkle the doors with its blood. What sayest thou, O Moses? Is the blood of a sheep likely to deliver a reasoning man? Yea, in good sooth, saith he; not by what that blood is in itself, but because by it, there is displayed a figure of the Blood of the Lord.