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SUMMARY:Vigils Reading
DESCRIPTION:FROM THE WEST TO THE EAST \nFrom the catechesis of St Cyril of Jerusalem \n◊◊◊ \nI long ago desired\, true born and dearly beloved children of the Church\, to \nspeak to you concerning these spiritual and heavenly mysteries in which you \ncame to participate. Knowing well that seeing is far more persuasive than \nhearing\, I waited until now with the hope of finding you more open to the \ninfluence of my words from the actions you experience. Thus I might take and \nlead you to the brighter and more fragrant meadow of this present paradise\, \nespecially as you have been made fit to receive the more sacred mysteries and \nhave been counted worthy of divine and life-giving baptism. \nOn that evening of your baptism you entered into the outer hall of the \nBaptistry\, and there facing toward the west you heard the command to stretch \nforth your hand\, and as in the presence of Satan\, you renounced him. This figure \nis found in ancient history. For when Pharaoh\, that most cruel and ruthless \ntyrant\, oppressed the free and royal people of the Hebrews\, God sent Moses to \nbring them out of the evil grip of the Egyptians. Then the doorposts were \nanointed with the blood of the lamb that the destroyer might flee from the \nhouses which had the sign of the blood. And the Hebrew people were \nmarvelously delivered. The enemy\, however\, after their rescue\, pursued them\, \nand saw the sea wondrously parted for them. Nevertheless he went on\, \nfollowing in their footsteps and was all at once overwhelmed and engulfed in the \nRed Sea. \nNow turn from the ancient to the recent\, from the figure to the reality. \nThere\, we have Moses sent from God to Egypt; here\, Christ sent by his Father \ninto the world. There\, that Moses might lead forth an oppressed people out of \nEgypt; here\, that Christ might rescue mankind who is overwhelmed with sins. \nThere\, the blood of a lamb was the spell against the destroyer; here\, the blood of \nthe unblemished Lamb Jesus Christ is made the charm to scare evil spirits. \nThere\, the tyrant pursued even to the sea that ancient people; and in like \nmanner this daring and shameless spirit\, the author of evil\, followed you\, even \nto the very streams of salvation. The tyrant of old was drowned in the sea; and \nthis present one disappears in the saving water. \nWhat then did each of you standing up say? ‘I renounce Satan’\, meaning ‘I \nfear your power no longer\, for Christ has overthrown it\, having partaken with \nme of flesh and blood\, that through these he might by death destroy death that I \nmight not for ever be subject to bondage. I renounce you\, you crafty and most \nsubtle serpent. I renounce you\, plotter as you are\, who under the guise of \nfriendship brought about disobedience and the apostasy of our first parents. I \nrenounce you\, Satan\, the source of all wickedness.’ \nWhen you renounced Satan\, utterly breaking all covenants with him\, that \nancient connection with hell\, there is opened to you the paradise of God\, which \nhe planted toward the east\, where for his transgression our first father was \nexiled. Symbolic of this was your turning from the west to the east\, the place of \nlight. Then you were told to say: I believe in the Father\, and in the Son\, and in \nthe Holy Spirit\, and in one baptism of repentance.
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CATEGORIES:Vigils Readings
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