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SUMMARY:Vigils Reading
DESCRIPTION:O EMMANUEL \nFrom a commentary by St Cyril of Alexandria \n◊◊◊ \nIsaiah speaks at some length of Cyrus\, king of the Medes and Persians. \nRaised up against the Chaldeans\, he was urged on by God himself\, who opened \ntheir bronze doors to him and shattered their iron bars. Having conquered the \nland of Babylonia and laid it waste\, Cyrus released enslaved Israel from captivity \nand caused the foundations of the temple in Jerusalem to be laid. \nBut this is only part of the story\, for after indicating that the rejoicing and \nthe release from captivity were for those of Israelite blood and them alone\, \nIsaiah goes on to apply these images to Emmanuel\, who was consecrated by God \nthe Father to proclaim liberty to captives and recovery of sight to the \nblind; that is to say\, to deliver those inescapably bound by the chains of their \nown sins\, to declare them free from tyranny\, and so to prepare the inhabitants of \nthe earth to return to himself\, to be led by him to God the Father. \nHe has become the mediator between God and ourselves\, and through \nhim we have been reconciled in the one Spirit to the Father. He is our peace. \nHe himself has rebuilt his own holy temple\, which is the Church\, and has taken \nher to himself as a pure virgin\, having neither spot or wrinkle\, nor any such \nimperfection. Thus one can easily see in Cyrus and his deeds an image of the \ndivine blessings bestowed by God upon all the inhabitants of the earth. \nLet heaven rejoice\, and let the clouds rain down justice. Let \nearth open and bring forth both mercy and justice. Mercy is the love \nwhich is the fulfillment of the law\, for it goes hand in hand with the justice of the \ngospel that Christ himself teaches us and bestows on us. It could also be said \nthat mercy and justice coming forth and growing from the earth is our Lord5 \nJesus Christ himself. For if we think it strange that the earth is commanded to \nbring forth justice\, let us remember that Emmanuel himself wrought justice in \nthe midst of the earth. That is\, Christ did not bring his own body down to us \nfrom heaven\, but was born in the body of a woman who was one of the \ninhabitants of the earth.
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