"Think not that I have come to abolish the law and the prophets. I have not come to abolish them, but to fulfill them." (Matthew 5:17)
"Then a lamb of the flock was slain, as the Law laid down (Ex. xii); now Christ, the Lamb of God, is offered up.
There a sheep from the sheepfold; here, in the place of the sheep, the Good Shepherd lays down His life for His sheep.
There the sprinkled blood upon the doorposts was a sign of deliverance for the people of God; here the precious Blood of Christ was poured out for the deliverance of the whole world: that we might be forgiven our sins.
There the firstborn of Egypt were slain; here the manifold children of sinners are made clean confessing the Lamb.
There Pharoa and his fearful host were drowned in the sea; here the spiritual Pharoa with all His people are immersed in the deep of baptism.
There the children of the Hebrews, crossing over the Red Sea, sang their song of victory to their Deliverer, singing: Let us sing to the Lord: for he is gloriously magnified (Ex. xv. I); here those found worthy of baptism sing their song of victory, singing: One Holy, One Lord Jesus Christ, in the glory of God the Father.
[...] The Hebrews, after the crossing of the Red Sea, ate manna in the desert; now, those who have come forth from the waters of baptism eat bread that came down from heaven. For His is the Voice that says: I am the living bread, which cometh down from heaven. (Jn. vi. 31)"
CALL TO ACTION: Be converted and live!
Source: "The Sunday Sermons of the Great Fathers" (St. Proclus' Sermon for Easter, "On the Holy Pasch"), Volume II, page 234; Henry Regnery Company (copyright 1958); Imprimatur: E. Morrogh Bernard, Vic. Gen., Westmonasterii; Nihil Obstat: Hubertus Richards, S.T.L., L.S.S., Censor Deputatus
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