By His stripes we were healed

„Yet it was our infirmities that he bore, our sufferings that he endured, while we thought of him as stricken, as one smitten by God and afflicted. But he was pierced for our offenses, crushed for our sins; upon him was the chastisement that makes us whole, by his stripes we were healed.” (IS 53: 4-5)

We are loved, not because we are perfect and deserve love, but because we are His children. He knows everything about „our infirmities” and „our sufferings” and about „our offenses” and „our sins.” The only way to bring us back to health was to „become obedient to the point of death.” „By His stripes we were healed.”

„Christ became obedient to the point of death, even death on a cross. Because of this, God greatly exalted him and bestowed on him the name which is above every other name.” (Gospel Acclamation)