"Brothers and sisters: In Christ Jesus you who once were far off have become near by the blood of Christ. For he is our peace, he who made both one and broke down the dividing wall of enmity, through his flesh, abolishing the law with its commandments and legal claims, that he might create in himself one new person in place of the two, thus establishing peace, and might reconcile both with God, in one body, through the cross, putting that enmity to death by it."
Ephesians 2: 13-16
When we join with our Lord in the Eucharist, peace reigns; there are no longer laws and commandments governing relations between two people for there is one person, one love. We are reconciled to God through His sacrifice that put enmity to death.
What power lies in the joining of the flesh! In the love between man and wife also, two become one. Their love abolishes the laws and legal claims, establishing peace between them. Their daily sacrifices for each other put enmity to death, and they experience a piece of heaven on earth.
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