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He is the Peace Between Us. "In Christ Jesus, you that used to be so far apart from us have been brought very close, by the blood of Christ. For he is the peace between us, and has made the two into …More
He is the Peace Between Us.

"In Christ Jesus, you that used to be so far apart from us have been brought very close, by the blood of Christ. For he is the peace between us, and has made the two into one and broken down the barrier which used to keep them apart, actually destroying in his own person the hostility caused by the rules and decrees of the Law. This was to create one single New Man in himself out of the two of them and by restoring peace through the cross, to unite them both in a single Body and reconcile them with God: in his own person he killed the hostility. Later he came to bring the good news of peace, peace to you who were far away and peace to those who were near at hand. Through him, both of us have in the one Spirit our way to come to the Father." – Ephesians 2:13-18, which is today's 2nd reading at Mass. The carved pediment of the church of La Madeleine in Paris, by Philippe Joseph Henri Lemaire: St Mary Magdalene pleads for sinners at the Last Judgement.

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