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SUMMARY:Good Friday
DESCRIPTION:TODAY YOU WILL BE WITH ME IN PARADISE\nA commentary by St John Chrysostom 6\n◊◊◊\nToday the cross has opened Paradise which had been closed to us for\nthousands of years. For today God has brought a robber there. Thus he effects\ntwo marvels: he opens Paradise\, and he brings in a thief. Today God has given\nus our ancient fatherland\, today he has brought us to the paternal city\, today he\nhas opened his house to the whole of humanity. ‘Today\,’ he said\, ‘you will be\nwith me in Paradise’. \nWhat did you say\, Lord? You are crucified\, nailed there\, and you\npromise Paradise? \nYes\, so that you may learn how great is my power on the cross. \nIt is indeed a cruel sight. And to deflect your attention from this aspect\nof the cross and make you realize the power of the Crucified\, Jesus works this\nmiracle from the cross\, the miracle which more than any other bears witness to\nhis power. For it was not when raising the dead\, commanding the wind and the\nwaves\, expelling demons\, but when crucified\, fixed with nails\, covered with\ninsults\, spittle\, mockery and abuse\, that he had power to change the evil state\nof the thief; and in this you can see two aspects of his power. He shook the\nwhole of creation\, he split the rocks\, and he drew the soul of the thief\, which\nwas harder than rock; for the thief believed in him and Jesus said in return\,\n‘Today you will be with me in Paradise.” Doubtless the cherubim guarded\nparadise\, but he was master of the cherubim. A flaming sword twirled at the\nentrance\, but he had all power over fire and sword\, over life and death. \nTruly\, no king ever allowed a thief or any other subject to sit with him\nwhile he made an entrance into a town. But Christ has done this: when he\nentered into his fatherland he brought a thief with him. In doing this he did not\nslight Paradise\, did not dishonor it by the thief’s presence there; on the contrary\,\nhe honored Paradise\, because it is glorious for Paradise to have a master who\ncan make a thief worthy of the joys to be found there. Likewise when he brings\npublicans and prostitutes into the kingdom of heaven he is not insulting the\nkingdom but honoring it\, for he shows that the master of the kingdom of heaven\nis strong enough to make prostitutes and publicans worthy enough to receive\nsuch an honor and such a gift. \n6\n“Today you will be with me in Paradise”\, St John Chrysostom\, from Christian Readings for Today\, #2\, F 2\, Abbaye\nd’Orval\, Belgium.
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