Some try to separate the sacred and the secular, but see here that they are united to each other by the nails of the Cross, and it is by Christ’s death on the Cross and by our sharing in his sacrifice by our own lives, by our own praise of God, and by our own obedience to his will, that we redeem the world. The priest begins the Liturgy at the Table of Preparation by the first words he speaks, “You have redeemed us from the curse of the Law by your precious blood.” Today it is by the blood of Christ that we are given life.

Meditation by Archpriest David Petras