Ignitum Today offers this insight:
St. Theodore the Studite, one of the early Monks of the eastern church (Constantinople, presently Istanbul), sees a trace of the cross in the following Biblical events of the Old Testament: First, on the pile of wood on which Abraham placed his Son Isaac; second, on the wood of the ark in which Noah, his family and all animal species were saved. Furthermore, he sees the foreshadowing of the cross in the wooden staff of Moses, which changed water into blood, devoured the false snakes of the magician and divided the red sea for the salvation of the Israelites. Again, he sees an allusion of the cross in the staff of Aaron that blossomed on a single day and showed him to be the true priest.
It reminds me of the Easter vigil readings we heard tonight, so replete with symbols of Baptism, the Holy Spirit, the sacraments, the Church.
Then there are all the symbols of Christ that are blessed with incense: the Paschal candle, the priest, the blessed sacrament, the Word, the people assembled.
Such richness on display for these newly enfolded members of the One, Holy, Katholic, and Apostolic!
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