Blood and Water







Blood and water spurted forth

From our blessed Savior's side,

And became the well spring source

Of the Spirit's light.



A new Convenent was sealed

By these beaming  effluents,

And the prophesies fulfilled

With two sacraments.



Baptism and Eucharist

For the Savior's flock of faith,

Its Redeemer and High Priest,

And our source of  grace.



And no bone was broken here,

But two streams of light

Called forth by a soldiers spear

From the Savior's side.



The two stream rays heal and purge

Nurture and sustain,

Waters cleansing  feed and surge

Like in drought the rain.



Wondrous the significance

Divine mercy is revealed,

By the  thrusting of a lance

All the world is healed.









Roses do replace the thorn

And His saints abound,

From a spear the church was born

On the pagan ground.



The centurion is immersed

Grafted now into the vine,

And his destiny reversed

By the bundless love divine.



Water with its healing might

Flows abundantly

And the blood from the Lord's side

Sets the sinner free.



Jesus wondrous Pelican

Nurturing its brood,

Son of God and son of Man

Feeding with His blood.







Opened was the source of grace

By a lance's thrust,

Praise the Lord give thanks and praise

Him alone do trust.



May His Mercy"s two-fold beams

All the world embrace

Praise the Savior that redeems

Praise His boundless grace.



(c)Elizabeth Dandy







        















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