15 Mar 2016
Each of us has, more or less, died a little bit already. After all, that’s what sin does to us. We’ve each played with, and been bitten by,
the serpent of sin, whose venom is deadly.
And, as wounded children do, we’ve run to the One who loves
us with tears in our eyes and fear in our hearts. And there, through faith in God, we’ve been embraced
and kissed by the mercy of God, who gives the Blood of Christ to us as a
healing serum.
“Take this, all of you, and drink from it,” Jesus says, “it
will be poured out for the forgiveness of sins.” We approach the altar of God with death in
us. But we leave the altar with life in
us. And not only life, but also wisdom
and faith. God’s Wisdom: to help us
steer clear of the serpent of sin. And
faith: in believing that a healing remedy is always here for us.
We’ve each died a little bit already through our sins. But with the Cross of Christ, and his Blood
flowing from it, we are raised from death to life . . . today and forever.
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