The Purger of Sins

By such thoughts of the Person of Christ does the blessed Spirit of God lead on our minds to the greatness of His work, who," when He had by Himself purged our sins, sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high." "He...by Himself;" has effected the purifica­tion, the purging away of sins ; the glory of this work is His alone, none divides the honor with the Lord, and in virtue of the work being perfectly done, the mighty Worker has taken His rightful place upon the throne of God.
What a sight is thus presented to a child of ceremonial, weeping before a crucifix, seeking rest through a sacrament, and hoping for for­giveness by the aid of prayers and penances! The Purger of Sins is not nailed to the cross; power, not weakness, is His; the willing weak­ness whereby He was crucified is passed; the Sufferer is All-glorious; the Purger of Sins is throned upon the seat of divine Majesty.
Thus does God the Holy Ghost present the Son to our hearts. What a Savior is ours! Having Him we need none other, and know­ing we have Him for Sacrifice and Priest we can tolerate none other. All others are usurpers of men's hearts, rebels against His power and glory. Sins have been purged by Christ Himself; through His own blood, and since the work is “finished," He sits enthroned a Savior for us in glory. If the Christian Hebrew, in the presence of the Temple, its divinely-ordained sacrifices and priests, needed to be exhorted to consider Christ, the ceremonial Christian requires the same teaching. And the children of the protesters against false sacrifices and priests, the Protestants of our day, urgently need to have these truths living in their hearts.