[At the Cross] we were one with him. There he saw every single one of us and every single event in our lives. There he knew, in particular, every single sin of our lives, and made atonement for it, so that there is no sin which cannot be forgiven. This point is of capital importance. We can never exhaust the treasury of our Lord’s satisfaction, nor come to the end of his mercy. It is not merely that he made a general provision for what might happen; he actually satisfied for every single sin we commit. There is a deep mystery involved here. In some way, at least, by his knowledge, we were present and united to him on Calvary, in his death and in his resurrection . . . Perhaps we may glimpse the full reality, if we take literally Saint Paul’s reference to the cross of our Lord Jesus Christ, whereby the world is crucified to me, and I to the world.
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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