Eucharist and baptism at the cross

[tablecorner]

At the passion when Christ was stabbed , water gushed out. Could we say that this is the birth of the church? That Christ now takes care of his church through baptism and the eucharist? And that the wound is the reality of the eucharist? Since Mary is at the foot of the cross, it is like Adam going to sleep for eve to be created from his rib. And we know that Mary is the model of the church, the spotless bride.

 

[po18guy]

The birth of the Church is recognized as the Pentecost. Baptism requires the formula which our Lord taught, as recorded in Mathew 28:19-20. Additionally, the baptizer must intend to baptize the individual, and water must be poured over the head, or the person immersed three times while repeating the formula.

 

[srobi]

the sacrament of baptism was instituted when Christ was baptized by St. John the Baptist, which began Christ’s public life. and as St. john said…‘he baptized with water and our Lord baptizes with the Holy Spirit’. (baptism was happening with the Jews) and full speed ahead to our Lord appearing to St. Faustina (who has a diary about the many things our Lord spoke to her) He appeared to her once asking her to have a painting done of how He had appeared to her, which has become the Divine Mercy
image, with blood and water flowing from His Heart. with the
prayer…“oh, Blood and Water that gushed forth from the Heart of Jesus as a Fount of mercy for us, I trust in Thee.”
the birth of the church to the best of my knowledge came when the archangel Gabriel appeared to our Blessed Mother and by
the Holy Spirit went into Mary’s womb and Christ was born in a stable 9 months later. it’s best to refer to the Catholic Catechism when we question what, where, who or why and of course the Scriptures.

 

[Dovekin]

The Church, or, in other words, the kingdom of Christ now present in mystery, grows visibly through the power of God in the world. This inauguration and this growth are both symbolized by the blood and water which flowed from the open side of a crucified Jesus,(5) and are foretold in the words of the Lord referring to His death on the Cross: “And I, if I be lifted up from the earth, will draw all things to myself”.(6) As often as the sacrifice of the cross in which Christ our Passover was sacrificed, is celebrated on the altar, the work of our redemption is carried on, and, in the sacrament of the eucharistic bread, the unity of all believers who form one body in Christ (8) is both expressed and brought about. All men are called to this union with Christ, who is the light of the world, from whom we go forth, through whom we live, and toward whom our whole life strains.
Lumen Gentium 3.

This blog has an interesting exploration of the idea

Good Friday: Jesus' Death on the Cross as Birthing? - PrayTellBlog

Needless to say, I think I am a good deal more inclined toward your idea than some others.

 

[Todd_Easton]

The Catechism of the Catholic Church mentions some of the same themes:

766 The Church is born primarily of Christ’s total self-giving for our salvation, anticipated in the institution of the Eucharist and fulfilled on the cross. “The origin and growth of the Church are symbolized by the blood and water which flowed from the open side of the crucified Jesus.”[171] “For it was from the side of Christ as he slept the sleep of death upon the cross that there came forth the ‘wondrous sacrament of the whole Church.’”[172] As Eve was formed from the sleeping Adam’s side, so the Church was born from the pierced heart of Christ hanging dead on the cross.[173]

1225 In his Passover Christ opened to all men the fountain of Baptism. He had already spoken of his Passion, which he was about to suffer in Jerusalem, as a “Baptism” with which he had to be baptized.[22] The blood and water that flowed from the pierced side of the crucified Jesus are types of Baptism and the Eucharist, the sacraments of new life.[23] From then on, it is possible “to be born of water and the Spirit”[24] in order to enter the Kingdom of God.

See where you are baptized, see where Baptism comes from, if not from the cross of Christ, from his death. There is the whole mystery: he died for you. In him you are redeemed, in him you are saved.[25]

 

[Jen7]

Profound reflections - I love it! Thanks for sharing!