Tue Apr 18, 2023 – 5:30 am EDTMon Apr 17, 2023 – 11:07 am EDT
(LifeSiteNews) –– ℣. In thy resurrection, O Christ, alleluia. ℟. Let heaven and earth rejoice, alleluia.
What are these wounds in the midst of thy hands? (Zechariah 13:6) — Such was the exclamation of the prophet Zacharias, who lived five hundred years before the birth of our Emmanuel: and we are almost forced to use it, now that we behold the Wounds that shine so brightly in the glorified body of our risen Lord. His hands and feet bear the mark of the Nails, and His side that of the spear; the wounds are as visible and as deep as when He was first taken down from the cross. Put in thy finger hither, said Jesus, holding out His wounded hands to Thomas; put thy hand into my side! (John 20:27)
We assisted at this wonderful interview on Sunday last; the incredulity of the disciple was made an occasion for the most incontestable proof of the resurrection: but it also taught us that when our Lord arose from the tomb, He retained in His glorified flesh the stigmata of His passion. Consequently, He will retain them forever, inasmuch
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