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SUMMARY:Vigils Reading
DESCRIPTION:AN INDESTRUCIBLE TEMPLE \nFrom a homily delivered at the Council of Ephesus \nby St Cyril of Alexandria1 \n◊◊◊ \nI see here a joyful company of Christians met together in ready response \nto the call of Mary\, the holy and ever virgin Mother of God. Now the joyful \nsaying of David the psalmist: How good and pleasant it is for brothers to live \ntogether in unity has come true for us. Therefore\, holy and incomprehensible \nTrinity\, we salute you at whose summons we have come together to this church \nof Mary\, the Mother of God. \nMary\, Mother of God\, we salute you. Precious vessel\, worthy of the whole \nworld’s reverence\, you are an ever-shining light\, the crown of virginity\, the \nsymbol of orthodoxy\, an indestructible temple\, the place that held him whom \nno place can contain\, mother and virgin. Because of you\, the holy Gospels could \nsay: Blessed is he who comes in the name of the Lord. \nWe salute you\, for in your holy womb he\, who is beyond all limitation\, \nwas confined. Because of you\, the holy Trinity is glorified and adored; the cross \nis called precious and is venerated throughout the world; the heavens exult; the \nangels and archangels make merry; demons are put to flight; the devil\, that \ntempter\, is thrust down from heaven; the fallen race of humans is taken up on \nhigh; all creatures possessed by the madness of idolatry have attained \nknowledge of the truth believers receive holy baptism; the oil of gladness is \npoured out\, the Church is established throughout the world; pagans are brought \nto repentance. \nWhat more is there to say? Because of you\, the light of the only-begotten \nSon of God has shone upon those who sit in darkness and in the shadow of5 \ndeath; prophets pronounced the word of God; the apostles preached salvation \nto the Gentiles\, the dead are raised to life\, and kings rule by the power of the \nholy Trinity. \nWho can put Mary’s high honor into words? She is both mother and \nvirgin. I am overwhelmed by the wonder of this miracle. Of course\, no one could \nbe prevented from living in the house he had built for himself\, yet who would \ninvite mockery by asking his own servant to become his mother? \nBehold then the joy of the whole universe. Let the union of God and man \nin the Son of the Virgin Mary fill us with awe and adoration. Let us fear and \nworship the undivided Trinity as we sing the praise of the ever-virgin Mary\, the \nholy temple of God himself\, her Son and spotless Bridegroom. To him be glory \nfor ever and ever.
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