DAILY CONTEMPLATION

Holy Week

By the death of One the world was redeemed. For Christ, had He willed, need not have died,
but He neither thought that death should be shunned as though there were any cowardice in it,
nor could He have saved us better than by dying.
And so His death is the life of all.
We are signed with the sign of His death,
we show forth His death when we pray;
when we offer the Sacrifice we declare His death, for His death is victory,
His death is our mystery,
His death is the yearly recurring solemnity of the world.
St. Ambrose