The Blood of Christ
Discussion Questions
- Read Heb 10:1-25. Why could the blood of animals not take away our sins? Why is the blood of Jesus completely sufficient to do that?
- Ask God to speak to your heart through one of the scripture verses about the blood of Christ, and call this scripture to mind often throughout the week. What is God teaching you through it?
- Read Mt 26:26-29 and Jn 6:53-59. (If you can find one, you could also gaze at an icon which shows the Mother of Jesus receiving the blood at the foot of the cross.) How can you personally come to a deeper interior receiving of the blood of the Lord which you drink at the celebration of the Eucharist?
- Do you ever feel tempted to think that your guilt or failures can keep you from drawing near to God, even after repenting? What truths can you proclaim against that thought?
- During the week, try praying the blood of Christ in situations where Satan seems to have a foothold. Are there any occasions on which you experienced a change (either in your own heart or in the external situation) after claiming the power of the blood?
- Read and ponder Jn 13:1; 19:34 and Rev 5:9. In your own words, why did the Son of God go to the extreme of dying in agony on the cross when, as some of the saints say, one drop of his most precious blood would have been enough to atone for the sin of the whole world?
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