Wednesday, May 1, 2013
The Fifth Wound
Lately I have been thinking about the wounds of Christ - particularly the wound in His side, which pierced His heart. This wound stands out because it is the only wound inflicted upon Him after His death. It stands out because every other wound of the Passion corresponds to the suffering for our sins, the bearing of a burden we could not take up, and the hurt we have done to our relationship with God from the Fall onwards. What of the only wound that pierced His heart? What of the only wound that wasn't for our past sins? What of the only wound received after He said "it is consummated?" I think this wound does correspond to an action on our parts, a sin which could only come about after Christ had come into the world, not before. Every other wound matched and defeated our human sins. This wound is for our divine sin. What divine sin? That we Christians as Christians, the Body of Christ, have lived divided from each other. In our pride, we have sundered and separated that which should be whole, that for which the Apostle Paul begged unity. Our schisms and our fights, our ongoing fracture, this is the wound in the heart of Christ. But it is from this wound that pours forth the healing water and the Precious Blood. It is from this wound that the Divine Mercy gushes forth as the fountain of life. When we learn to love with this love, surrendering our pride and our sin, then we will be whole again. His wounds conquer all sin. Take courage, He has conqued the world. All we must do is love one another as He has loved us.
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