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SUMMARY:Vigils Reading
DESCRIPTION:A HYMN ON THE MANIFESTATION \nOF CHRIST \nBy St Ephrem the Syrian \n◊◊◊ \nBlessed is the King Who has come and will come! \nThe Redeemer shone forth to the blind\, but they looked to others. \nThe Sun showed His rays\, but they were clothed in darkness. \nThe Resplendent One sent His light\, and it summoned the children of light \nto reveal to the children of darkness\, “Behold in your midst is the light\, \nbut over your eyes a veil.” To You be glory\, New Sun! \nThe prophets announced His birth but did not specify His time. \nHe sent the Magi\, and they came and declared His time. \nBut the Magi who made known the time did not specify where the Infant was. \nThe glorious star of light ran and showed were the Infant was… \nA pair of announcers expressed the properties of the Only-Begotten: \nthe star of light and John – one a shining forth\, the other a voice. \nFor the One Announced was also a Word and a Light. \nVoice and ray serve Him. The shining forth announced His light \nand the voice His wisdom. More blessed is the First-born than His announcers! \nJohn gazed at Him and cried\, “This is the Lamb of God!” \nThe Lamb grew fat and matured\, and He came to be an offering. \nJohn was not afraid to cry\, “Behold\, it is He!” – \neven if the slayers attack\, even if it was the time of sprinkling \nso that forgiveness would be by His blood\, Blessed is the Compensator of our \nsins. \nThe glorious star of light was not like John\, \nfor there was a place where it rose and made straight the way for the simple\, \nbut there was a place where it sank and made the path of the wolves go astray. \nIt kept the Lamb from the slaughter so that the day for the slaughter would \ncome\, that in Him the flock would be pardoned. Blessed is He in Whom \nHis possessions were redeemed!
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