Feast Of The Precious Blood 2012

Pope Pius IX extended this feast to the entire Church in gratitude to Our Lord’s granting victory over His enemies.  The Gospel for today was written by St. John, the only Apostle to witness the last moments of Our Lord’s earthly life.  After the side of Christ was pierced on the Cross, copious amounts of Blood and water flowed forth.  This moment had been prefigured by the sacrificial draining of the paschal lamb’s blood and demonstrated that Christ was the perfect, spotless, victim offered to His Father.  The Blood of our Redeemer is called precious because it is the representation of the human life possessed by the Son of God.  In the total surrender of His life, to the last drop, Christ made infinite worship to God the Father and offered an inestimable gift to each of us
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