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(Hos.11:1,3-4,8-9;\xa0\xa0 Is.12:2-6;\xa0\xa0 Eph.3:8-12,14-19;\xa0\xa0 Jn.19:31-37) \u201cWith joy you will draw water at the fountain of salvation.\u201d \u201cShout with exultation, O city of Zion, for great in your midst is the Holy One of Israel!\u201d\xa0 From His pierced heart flow forth the waters of salvation; in Jesus\u2019 blood we find our life.\xa0 Oh how wonderful to have a God whose \u201cheart is overwhelmed,\u201d whose \u201cpity is stirred,\u201d who bleeds and dies for us upon the cross to reveal the limitless nature of His love.\xa0 Here is \u201cGod\u2019s manifold wisdom\u201d made known, here in \u201cthe unfathomable riches of Christ\u201d freely given to all, that all might \u201cgrasp fully, with all the holy ones, the breadth and length and height and depth of Christ\u2019s love, and experience this love which surpasses all knowledge.\u201d\xa0 Such unsurpassable grace can but leave us breathless in praising His name! \u201cWhen Israel was a child I loved him,\u201d says the Lord through the prophet Hosea.\xa0 His love \u201clike one who raises an infant to His cheeks\u201d does not leave His blessed child; it only grows with time.\xa0 Even though \u201cthey did not know that [He] was their healer,\u201d yet He did not turn away \u2013 He multiplied His love for us in the sacrificial offering of His Son.\xa0 Now having been redeemed of our sin in the cleansing shower of His blood, we can only claim to be \u201cconfident and unafraid.\u201d\xa0 For with Isaiah we fully proclaim: \u201cMy strength and my courage is the Lord, and He has been my savior.\u201d\xa0 What the prophet knew in shadow we see now in the fullness of the light that is the Son, and so \u201cin Christ and through faith in Him we can speak freely to God, drawing near Him with confidence\u201d and \u201cattain[ing] to the fullness of God Himself\u201d and to His love. My dear brothers and sisters, let our prayer for one another be joined on this \u201csolemn feast day\u201d with Paul\u2019s desire for the Ephesians: \u201cMay Christ dwell in your hearts through faith, and may charity be the root and foundation of your life.\u201d\xa0 Then like this blessed Apostle who went from being \u201cthe least of all believers,\u201d persecuting the Church of Christ, to being shown \u201cthe mysterious design which for all ages was hidden in God\u201d \u2013 and indeed \u201cenlighten[ing] all men\u201d of the Father\u2019s love revealed in Christ Jesus \u2013 we too will be raised from our lowly state in this world of sin to our place with the Son at the right hand of God.\xa0 The fountain of salvation is open now; come to the water and drink fully of His love, of His blood. Written, read & chanted, and produced by James Kurt. Music: "Cleansing" from Cleansing Human Frailty, fourth album of Songs for Children of Light, by James Kurt. ******* O LORD, Jesus was pierced for our sins; His blood pours upon us for our salvation. YHWH, you are our healer.\xa0 Your Son is the fountain of our salvation; in His blood we are cleansed of our sins.\xa0 May we make our home in His Sacred Heart. We praise you, LORD, for your love, for the care you have shown to your little ones.\xa0 To us you have sent your only Son to die on the Cross that we might live.\xa0 Though it is our lance that has pierced His Sacred Heart, yet His unfathomable love pours upon us and bestows on us the great riches of your glory.\xa0 For this gift what can we do but praise your holy Name? O LORD, may your Christ dwell in our hearts through faith in Him; may charity be the root and foundation of our lives, that by the love of your Son we may draw near to you yourself, dear God.\xa0 No longer is your mysterious design hidden from men\u2019s eyes \u2013 O let your great wisdom be known and all souls glorify your ineffable NAME through Jesus who speaks to us ever of your mercy!