28 December 2023
Do you want to learn the power of this blood from another source? Look
from where it flowed initially and from where it had its source, from above the
cross, from the side of the Lord. For, it is said, ‘When Jesus was dead but
still hanging on the cross, a soldier came and pierced his side with a spear,
and immediately there came out blood and water. This was the symbol of baptism
and of the mysteries. Therefore, it did not say, ‘Blood came out,’ but ‘Blood
and water.’ Why? Because, from both of these, the Church is born, ‘the water,
for regeneration, and the blood, for sanctification, the Spirit’s
manifestation.’ And the symbols of the baptism and the mysteries came from the
side. From the side, therefore, Christ formed the Church, just as He formed Eve
from the side of Adam.
St. John Chrysostom
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