This moment [the Crucifixion] is the center of all history; it is the focus and the center of all Christian life. In a sense, it stands in juxtaposition with every moment of history, and with every event of each man’s life. One remembers how some maps of the world are drawn in Mercator’s projection so that the North Pole, expanded into a line, is due north of every point on the surface of the globe. The sacramental system has something of this power of extending its pole or center; it “extends” Christ, and also Christ’s sacrifice, so that he is in contact with every point of space and time . . .
One can take any single moment or event in one’s own life and place it in vital contact with any single moment or event in the human life of Christ. And every single event of Christ’s life on earth must be considered as taking place in vital contact with each and every event in the lives of each and every member of his Mystical Body . . .
Dom M. Eugene Boylan, O.C.R. - from The Mystical Body: The Foundation of the Spiritual Life [quoted in Magnificat, April 2021]
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