These holy days we do not just commemorate the Passion of the Lord, but through the grace that the Church has bestowed upon us during Great Lent, we become contemporaries of His Passion.

The Lord is the Lamb of God ‘slain from the foundation of the world’. He is continually slain for us unto the end of the ages, so that we, His enemies, might enjoy unending delight in the Body and Blood of His Covenant.

Today, the covenant which the Lord concludes with His people is the covenant of His love unto the end. From our side, this covenant demands resistance to sin unto blood. This is the talent with which we trade in a godly manner, so as to acquire the Lord as Saviour and Friend.

Thus we become His own forever and inherit the boundless freedom of His love, hating only whatsoever opposes it.