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SUMMARY:Vigils Reading
DESCRIPTION:O ADONAI \nFrom a sermon 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 light\, \nthe fountain of life and immortality\, the image of the archetype\, the immovable \nseat the perfect likeness\, the definition and word of the Father: he it is who \ncomes to his own image and takes our nature for the good of our nature\, and \nunites himself to an intelligent soul for the good of my soul to purify like by like. \nHe takes to himself all that is human except for sin. He was conceived by the \nVirgin Mary\, who had been first prepared in soul and body by the Spirit; his \ncoming to birth had to be treated with honor\, virginity had to receive new honor. \nHe comes forth as God\, in the human nature he has taken\, one being\, made of \ntwo contrary elements\, flesh 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. What is this wealth \nof goodness? What is this mystery that surrounds me? I received the likeness of \nGod\, but failed to keep it. He takes on my flesh\, to bring salvation to the likeness \nand immortality to the flesh. He enters a second union with us\, a union far more \nwonderful than the first. \nHoliness had to be brought to us by the humanity assumed by one who is \nGod\, so that God might overcome the tyrant and so deliver us and lead us back \nto himself through the mediation of his Son. The Son arranged this for the honor \nof the Father\, to whom the Son is clearly obedient in all things. The Good \nShepherd\, who lays down his life for the sheep\, came in search of the straying \nsheep to the mountains and hills on which we used to offer sacrifice.9 \nChrist\, the light of all lights\, follows John\, the lamp that goes before him. \nThe Word of God follows the voice in the wilderness; the bridegroom follows the \nbridegroom’s friend\, who prepares a worthy people for the Lord by cleansing \nthem by water in preparation for the Spirit. We need God to take our flesh and \ndie\, that we might live. We have died with him\, that we may be purified. We have \nrisen again with him\, because we have died with him. We have been glorified \nwith him\, because we have risen again with him.
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