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He was pierced for our offenses,
crushed for our sins. |
| Isaiah 53:5 |
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Through her heart his sorrow sharing
All his bitter anguish bearing;
Now, at last, the sword has passed.
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Stabat Mater
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| It is finished. |
| Jesus; John 19:30 |
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It is completed, it has come to a full end.
The mystery of God's love toward us is accomplished.
The price is paid, and we are redeemed.
The Eternal Father determined not to pardon us without a price,
in order to show us special favor.
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Ven. John Henry Newman, 19th century
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You were ransomed;
not with perishable things
such as silver or gold,
but with the precious blood of Christ. |
| 1 Peter 1:18, 19 |
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Jesus died of love for us,
we should also die of love for him;
or, if we cannot die of love,
at least we should live for him alone.
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St. Francis de Sales, 17th century
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Jesus Christ gave himself for our sins
to deliver us from the present evil age.
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| Galatians 1:4 |
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The Passion of Christ was of such great power
that it sufficed for expiating the sins
of the whole world.
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St. Thomas Aquinas, 13th century
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God drove out the man;
and at the east of the garden of Eden
he placed the cherubim and a flaming sword,
to guard the way to the tree of life. |
| Genesis 3:24 |
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The sacred blood of Christ
has quenched the flaming sword
that barred access to the tree of life.
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St .Leo the Great, 5th century
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The word of the cross is folly
to those who are perishing,
but to those who are being saved
it is the power of God. |
| 1 Corinthians 1:18 |
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The cross used to denote punishment,
has now become a source of innumerable blessings.
It has delivered us from error, enlightened our darkness
and reconciled us to God.
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St. John Chrysostom, 5th century
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They will look upon him
whom they have pierced. |
| John 19:37 |
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We marvel at Christ
not only because of his miracles,
but also because of his sufferings.
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St. John Chrysostom, 4th century
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You will all fall away;
for it is written: I will strike the shepherd,
and the sheep will be scattered.
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It is held in certain
and demonstrated clearly enough in the text,
that at the time of Christ's Passion all the disciples and apostles
completely lost the Christian faith.
Only the Virgin Mary believed without waver
that Holy Saturday.
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St .Vincent Ferrer, 14th century
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