52.—On Palm Sunday
Hail, daughter of Zion, aid look on Clirist the King seated on a foal and going swiftly to his Passion.
53.—On Easter
Christ abolished the lamb of the law, and provided an immortal sacrifice, Himself the priest and Himself the victim.
54.—On the Crucifixion
O passion, O cross, O blood that purgeth of the passions, cleanse my soul from all wickedness.
55.—On the Same
He said that the Virgin[1] should be the Virgin's Son, another Himself: Have mercy on us, Lord of pure virginity.
56.—On the Resurrection
Christ being God took away all the dead from Hell, and left Hell the destroyer alone and soulless.
57.—On the Lamb of God
On the threshold of my soul is the saving blood of the Lamb. Away, Destroyer, come not near.
58.—On Gideon’s Fleece
One fleece has dew; it gave dew to the bowl; the same fleece is dewless. Hide hidden things in thy mind.
- ↑ St. John the Divine.
