Why is Thy Apparel Red? or Glories of the Precious Blood

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“In our days there is a passion for excitement pervading all hearts that is leading away from God and is disturbing the peace and happiness of society.” This Catholic classic, now digitally republished, explains the long-held Church tradition of devotion to the Precious Blood of Jesus. Including Scripture quotes and those from the Church’s great saints, this work reminds all that of the mysteries of the Precious Blood and that we should not be negligent in our devotion to the Sacraments, because they are the work of Our Lord’s Precious Blood. In addition, this book explains:

• Of what devotion to the Precious Blood of Jesus consists
• Why “the devotion to the Precious Blood is a devotion not only for a pious few who want to accumulate particular merits but it is a devotion which every soul that wants to be saved should cherish and practice with especial love and gratitude. Christ shed His Blood for all men, and hence there is not a human being that does not owe a debt of gratitude to this Price of our Redemption.”
• How the Precious Blood flows from the Immaculate Heart of Mary to the Sacred Heart of Jesus through all fifteen mysteries of the Rosary
• Why the Precious Blood’s fruits are the absolute necessity for the relief and release of the Poor Souls in Purgatory
• Why learned theologians teach that there are souls saved at the moment of death that could not even give a sign of repentance.
• Why Our Lord received the name of Jesus
• Why we should have a devotion to the Holy Name of Jesus
• That the Blood of Our Savior is also the blood of the Virgin Mary, which explains why she is the rightful dispenser of the Precious Blood and the Mediatrix of God’s graces
• Why Adam and Eve, before their fall, were figure-types for Christ and the Catholic Church
• Why there is only one Groom and one Bride, and that the Groom took no concubines as His Spouse. Just as the Holy Ghost in the Scriptures speaks of his beloved Bride, Christ has only one Church, which is the Catholic Church
• Why it is impossible to be a child of the Son of God unless one is also a child of His Bride, the Church
• Why we should daily offer the Precious Blood to Jesus in our prayers to God, for the conversion of sinners and to assist the Poor Souls in Purgatory.
• How the principal part of the divine work of the Precious Blood is hidden in the secrecy of souls, and there are countless triumphs of truth and grace which will never be known until the Day of Judgment
• And much more about the Precious Blood that all Catholics should know
This classic, “Why is Thy Apparel Red?” shows us how to practice, through our necessary devotion to the Precious Blood, the true reason of our existence, which is to know, love, and serve God in this world, in order to be happy with Him in the next.