The faith of our fathers - Carmel Apologetics

""""364 THE FAITH OF OUR FATHERS.as if to show that even invery rocks were rent,"heanimate nature sympathized with the sufferings ofits God. And should not we tremble for our sins?Should not our hearts, though as cold and hard asrocks, be softened at the spectacle of our God suiferingfor love of us, and in expiation for our sins ?3, The sacrifice of the Mass is, in fine, a sacrificeof supplication:For, if the blood of goats and ofoxen, and the ashes of a heifer being sprinkled,sanctify such as are defiled to the cleansing of theflesh, how much more shall the blood of Christ, who,through the Holy Ghost, offered himself withoutspot to God, cleanse our conscience from dead worksto serve the livingGod?" lIf the prayers of Mosesand David and the Patriarchs were so powerful inbehalf of God s servants, what must be the influenceof Jesus intercession ?If the wounds of the martyrsplead so eloquently for us, how much more eloquent is the blood of Jesus shed daily upon ouraltars ? His blood cries louder for mercy than theblood of Abel cried for vengeance. If God inclinesHis ear to us miserable sinners, how can He resistthe pleadings in our behalf of the Lamb of Godwho taketh away the sins of the world ?Let us go therefore, with confidence, to thethrone of grace, that we may obtain mercy, and findgrace in seasonable aid." 21Heb. ix. 13, 14. Heb. iv. 16.