“It was a divine decree that permitted one of the soldiers to open Christ’s sacred side with a lance. This was done so that the Church might be formed from the side of Christ as he slept the sleep of death on the cross.”
“The blood and water which poured out at that moment were the price of our salvation.”
“Flowing from the secret abyss of our Lord’s heart as from a fountain, this stream gave the sacraments of the Church the power to confer the life of grace, while for those already living in Christ it became a spring of living water welling up to life everlasting.”
“Arise, then, beloved of Christ! Imitate the dove that ‘nests in a hole in the cliff,’ keeping watch at the entrance like the sparrow that finds a home. There like the turtledove hide your little ones, the fruit of your chaste love. Press your lips to the fountain.”
“Eternal and inaccessible fountain, clear and sweet stream flowing from a hidden spring, unseen by mortal eye! None can fathom your depths nor survey your boundaries, none can measure your breadth, nothing can sully your purity.” -St. Bonaventure #SacredHeart
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