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<h1 class="gmail-article__title">Gethsemane: the Most Precious Blood of Jesus</h1>
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<p>It was a particular celebration that was hosted in
the Basilica of Gethsemane on Monday 1st July: the Solemnity of the Most
Precious Blood of Jesus, which St Paul VI associated with the
celebration of Corpus Christi.</p>
<p>It is a celebration rich in symbols, starting from its very first
gesture: scattering red rose petals on the stone which, according to
tradition, was soaked with the blood of Jesus during his agony and which
is remembered – with the same gesture – on the Thursday before Easter.
In the Bible, blood always refers to the concept of sacrifice and the
offering of life: starting from the pages of Genesis and Exodus. Blood
represents a link in the story of a man with that of God. In the New
Testament, it plays an even more significant role: with the Passion and
the Death of Jesus Christ, the most perfect revelation of the love of
God the Father, from which the Church was born and around which we are
united in every celebration and man obtains salvation from his sins.</p>
<p>This solemnity continues to be celebrated in the exact place where
Jesus shed his blood. The Custos of the Holy Land, Fr. Francesco Patton,
who celebrated the Eucharist, underlined the Franciscan aspect of this
solemnity. "St Francis mentions the Blood of Christ on numerous
occasions,” he said during his comment on the Gospel, “as though to
remind us that the whole life of Jesus is given for love.”The Custos,
following in the steps of St Francis, underlined the close bond between
the place of the celebration and two other places in Jerusalem: the
Cenacle, where Jesus gave the sacrament of his body and his blood and
Calvary where blood was shed for our salvation. </p>
<p>"Celebrating this feast, we remember everything that this day
recalls,” commented Patton "the mystery of the life of Jesus, given
wholly for love; the mystery of his humanity which is in tune with the
will of his Father, but also the mystery of our call, thanks to the
presence of the Holy Spirit which allows us to receive the sacrament and
follow in the steps of Jesus, being able, like him, to make of our
lives a gift of love as Jesus did for his.”</p>
<p>As tradition has it, at the end of the celebration, many faithful
stopped to pray at Gethsemane, on the stone placed under the altar, in
memory of the work of the Blood of Jesus which redeemed us. Leaving,
they took the rose petals with them: a symbol of the memory of Christ’s
sacrifice.</p>
<p>Giovanni Malaspina</p>
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