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SUMMARY:Vigils Reading
DESCRIPTION:OUR NEED OF \nTHE INCARNATION OF CHRIST \nFrom an oration by St Gregory of Nazianzus \n◊◊◊ \nThe very Son of God\, older than the ages\, the invisible\, the \nincomprehensible\, the incorporeal\, the beginning of beginning\, the light of \nlight\, the fountain of life and immortality\, the image of the archetype\, the \nimmovable seal\, the perfect likeness\, the definition and word of the Father: he it \nis who comes to his own image and takes our nature for the good of our nature\, \nand unites himself to an intelligent soul for the good of my soul\, to purify like by \nlike. He takes to himself all that is human\, except for sin. He comes forth as God\, \nin the human nature he has taken\, one being\, made of two contrary elements\, \nflesh and spirit. Spirit gave divinity\, flesh received it. \nHe who makes rich is made poor; he takes on the poverty of my flesh\, that \nI may gain the riches of his divinity. He who is full is made empty; he is emptied \nfor a brief space of his glory\, that I may share in his fullness. \nWhat is this mystery that surrounds me? I received the likeness of God \nwhen I was created\, but I failed to keep it. He takes on my flesh\, to bring \nsalvation to the image\, immortality to the flesh. He enters into a second union \nwith us\, a union far more wonderful than the first. \nHoliness had to be brought to us by the humanity assumed by one who \nwas God\, so that God might lead us back to himself through the mediation of his \nSon. The Son arranged this for the honor of the Father\, to whom the Son is \nclearly obedient in all things. \nThe Good Shepherd\, who lays down his life for the sheep\, came in search \nof the straying sheep to the mountains and hills on which you used to offer \nsacrifice. When he found it\, he took it on the shoulders that bore the wood of the \ncross\, and led it back to the life of heaven. \nWe need God to take our flesh and die\, that we might live. We have died \nwith him\, that we may be purified. We have risen again with him\, because we \nhave died with him. We have been glorified with him\, because we have risen \nagain with him.
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