Devotionals

July 11th — The Universality of the Precious Blood. 1.  It is of faith that Christ died, not only for the elect, but for all.  There was no single individual member of the whole race of men who did not enjoy the privilege of being redeemed by Christ, not the most degraded of the heathen,…

July 10th — The Precious Blood on Calvary. 1.  In old pictures and engravings of the crucifixion we often see angels holding a chalice to catch the drops of the Precious Blood as they fall from the sacred wounds in the hands and feet of Jesus.  We are also told that the angels collected all…

July 9th — The Precious Blood in its Earthly Origin. 1.  A child in its mother’s womb lives with the physical life of its mother.  It is nourished by its mother, and her blood circulates in its veins.  The Precious Blood of Jesus flowing through His veins was derived from Mary.  She furnished from her…

July 8th — Types of the Precious Blood: (5) The Holocaust. 1.  The holocaust, or whole burnt offering; could be an ox, or sheep, or pigeon, or turtle-dove, according to the abilities of him who offered it.  Its blood was to be shed, and the whole body was afterwards to be burnt upon the altar. …

July 7th — Types of the Precious Blood: (4) The Offerings for Sins of Ignorance. 1.  In the Book of Leviticus (iv.) an elaborate ritual is prescribed in expiation of sins committed through ignorance.  A calf is to be offered, and the ancients of the people are to lay their hands upon its head, and…

July 6th — Types of the Precious Blood:  (3) The Peace-Offering. 1.  The peace-offering was one of the chief sacrifices of the Old Law.  It was an offering of gratitude for blessings received, or of petition for blessings desired.  So Jesus offered Himself upon the cross, not only to obtain for us the blessings of…

July 5th — Types of the Precious Blood: (2) The Blood of the Paschal Lamb. 1.  On the night when God delivered His people from Egypt a lamb was slain that was a type of the Lamb of God.  It was to be a lamb without blemish, no bone of it was to be broken,…

July 4th — Types of the Precious Blood: (i) The Blood of Abel. 1.  Abel was slain by his cruel brother Cain because he offered to God a sacrifice exceeding that of Cain, and his brother, filled with rage at the acceptance of Abel’s sacrifice, deliberately shed his innocent blood.  So the Jews, filled with…

July 3d — The Anticipation of the Precious Blood. 1.  When the promise of the Redeemer to come was made to our first parents in the Garden of Eden after their fall, the shadow of the Precious Blood fell upon the world and reconciled it with God.  The curse that had been incurred had lost…

July 2d — The Eternity of the Precious Blood. 1.  St. Peter tells us (1 St. Pet. i. 20) that the Precious Blood of Christ was “foreknown before the foundation of the world.”  From all eternity God had decreed that the Precious Blood of the Word made Man should be shed for us.  Even before man…