{"id":3263,"date":"2022-04-13T21:02:02","date_gmt":"2022-04-14T01:02:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.fatherboniface.org\/wordpresshome\/?p=3263"},"modified":"2022-04-13T21:02:21","modified_gmt":"2022-04-14T01:02:21","slug":"good-friday-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.fatherboniface.org\/wordpresshome\/spiritual-practices\/good-friday-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Good Friday"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fatherboniface.org\/wordpresshome\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/march13.jpg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"3264\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.fatherboniface.org\/wordpresshome\/spiritual-practices\/good-friday-2\/attachment\/march13\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fatherboniface.org\/wordpresshome\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/march13.jpg?fit=761%2C761&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"761,761\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;neo&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;1616365729&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"march13\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fatherboniface.org\/wordpresshome\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/march13.jpg?fit=625%2C625&amp;ssl=1\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fatherboniface.org\/wordpresshome\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/march13.jpg?resize=625%2C625&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3264\" width=\"625\" height=\"625\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fatherboniface.org\/wordpresshome\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/march13.jpg?w=761&amp;ssl=1 761w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fatherboniface.org\/wordpresshome\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/march13.jpg?resize=300%2C300&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fatherboniface.org\/wordpresshome\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/march13.jpg?resize=150%2C150&amp;ssl=1 150w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.fatherboniface.org\/wordpresshome\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/04\/march13.jpg?resize=624%2C624&amp;ssl=1 624w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 625px) 100vw, 625px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>The Power of Jesus Blood<\/strong><\/h2>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>If we wish to understand the power of Christ\u2019s blood, we should go back to the ancient account of its prefiguration in Egypt. \u201cSacrifice a lamb without blemish,\u201d commanded Moses, \u201cand sprinkle its blood on your doors.\u201d If we were to ask him what he meant, and how the blood of an irrational beast could possibly save men endowed with reason, his answer would be that the saving power lies not in the blood itself, but in the fact that it is a sign of the Lord\u2019s blood. In those days, when the destroying angel saw the blood on the doors he did not dare to enter, so how much less will the devil approach now when he sees, not that figurative blood on the doors, but the true blood on the lips of believers, the doors of the temple of Christ.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>If you desire further proof of the power of this blood, remember where it came from, how it ran down from the cross, flowing from the Master\u2019s side. The gospel records that when Christ was dead, but still hung on the cross, a soldier came and pierced his side with a lance and immediately there poured out water and blood. Now the water was a symbol of baptism and the blood, of the holy Eucharist. The soldier pierced the Lord\u2019s side, he breached the wall of the sacred temple, and I have found the treasure and made it my own. So also with the lamb: the Jews sacrificed the victim and I have been saved by it.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>\u201cThere flowed from his side water and blood.\u201d Beloved, do not pass over this mystery without thought; it has yet another hidden meaning, which I will explain to you. I said that water and blood symbolised baptism and the holy Eucharist. From these two sacraments the Church is born: from baptism, \u201cthe cleansing water that gives rebirth and renewal through the Holy Spirit,\u201d and from the holy Eucharist. Since the symbols of baptism and the Eucharist flowed from his side, it was from his side that Christ fashioned the Church, as he had fashioned Eve from the side of Adam.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>From the Catecheses by Saint John Chrysostom, bishop<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Power of Jesus Blood If we wish to understand the power of Christ\u2019s blood, we should go back to the ancient account of its prefiguration in Egypt. \u201cSacrifice a lamb without blemish,\u201d commanded Moses, \u201cand sprinkle its blood on your doors.\u201d If we were to ask him what he meant, and how the blood 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