Marked with blood

In today’s first reading (Ex. 11:10-12:14) we have the familiar story of the first Passover, including the somewhat odd-sounding ritual of painting the doorframe of a house with the blood of a lamb.

There are many levels of meaning to this action, but it finds its greatest meanings in the Passover of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ: his suffering, death, and resurrection.

It is in the Passover of the Lord Jesus that we find salvation and the blood of that Passover is the most precious blood of Christ: the Lamb of God.

In a very real sense, we are the doorframes marked with that blood: a blood that purifies and protects.

Why does the blood of Christ have this power? Because it is the great proof and instrument of God’s love for us and of his sharing his life with us.

We are marked with blood – the blood of Christ. We have been purchased at a great price. So much does Jesus love us: with his heart, his life, and his blood.

Praised be Jesus Christ.