αἷμα καὶ ὕδωρ

SCRUTATIO SCRIPTURAE

αἷμα καὶ ὕδωρ

 (haima kai hydōr)

BLOOD AND WATER

 Scrutatio 

for the 

SOLEMNITY OF THE MOST PRECIOUS BLOOD OF THE LAMB

(July 1, 2013 Monday)

Readings for the Tridentine Rite of the Holy Sacrifice of the Mass

Introit: Revelations 5:9-10 and Psalm 89:1 

Epistle: Hebrews 9:11-15

Gradual and Alleluia: I John 5:6-8 and 9

Tract: Ephesians 1:6-8 and Romans 3:24-25

Gospel 

John 19:30-35

Offertory: I Corinthians 10:16

Communion Antiphon: Hebrews 9:28

For today’s FEAST let us meditate on this 4^th century A.D. Homily:

From the Sermons of St John Chrysostom, Patriarch of Constantinople.

Homilia 84. in Joannem, cap. 19.

Wouldest thou hear the power of the Blood of Christ? Then let us look at the figure thereof, let us call to mind the old type, and tell the story written in the ancient Scriptures. The Egyptians would not let God take away Israel His firstborn, And Moses said Thus saith the Lord About midnight will I go out into the midst of Egypt, and all the first-born in the land of Egypt shall die, from the first-born of Pharaoh that sitteth upon his throne unto the first-born of the maid-servant that is behind the mill, and all the first-born of beasts. And there shall be a great cry throughout all the land of Egypt, such as there was none like it, nor shall be like it any more. But against any of the children of Israel shall not a dog move his tongue, against man or beast that ye may know how that the Lord hath put a difference between the Egyptians and Israel. Ex. xi. 4-7. Then Moses called for all the elders of Israel, and said unto them Draw out and take you a lamb according to your families and kill the Passover. And ye shall take a bunch of hyssop and dip it in the blood that is in the basin, and strike the lintel and the two side-posts with the blood.. and when He seeth the blood upon the lintel and on the two side-posts, the Lord will pass over the door, and will not suffer the destroyer to come in unto your houses to smite you. xii. 21-23. And could the blood of a sheep save a man Yea, in good sooth not because it was blood, but because it represented in a figure the Blood of the Lord.

What can wash away my sin?

Nothing but the blood of Jesus

What can make me whole again?

Nothing but the Blood of Jesus

O Precious is the flow that makes me white as snow

No other fount I know

Nothing but the blood of Jesus

Nothing but the blood of Jesus