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SUMMARY:Vigils Reading
DESCRIPTION:THE FOOD OF THE SPIRIT \nFrom a commentary by St Cyril of Alexandria \n◊◊◊ \nWe shall think of the manna as a figure foreshadowing the teaching and \nthe spiritual gifts of Christ. These also are from heaven\, and have nothing \nearthly about them. They produce no physical nausea\, and are real food not only \nof men but of angels as well. \nIn his own person the Son has revealed the Father to us\, and through the \nSon we have come to believe the teaching about the holy and consubstantial \nTrinity\, and have been well and truly guided into all the paths of virtue. The \northodox and unadulterated knowledge of these things is the food of the spirit. \nTo the people of old the manna was given at dawn\, as the light began to \nshine\, because the wealth of Christ’s teaching would be distributed so to speak \nby daylight The day has dawned upon us who believe\, as Scripture says; the \nmorning star has risen in all our hearts\, and the Sun of Righteousness\, Christ\, \nthe giver of spiritual manna\, has appeared. \nFrom his own words to the Jews we can be certain that Christ himself is \nthe true manna\, and the material manna was but an image: Your ancestors ate \nmanna in the desert and they died. This is the bread that comes down from \nheaven so that anyone who eats it may never die. I am the living bread come \ndown from heaven. Whoever eats this bread will live forever. The bread I shall \ngive is my flesh which I shall give for the life of the world. \nOur Lord Jesus Christ nourishes us for eternal life both by his commands\, \nwhich teach us how to live holy lives\, and by the Eucharist. In himself\, therefore\, \nhe is truly the divine\, life-giving manna. Anyone who eats it will be exempt from \ncorruption and will escape death\, unlike those who ate the material manna. The \ntype had no power to save\, but was merely an imitation of the reality. \nGod sent down manna like rain from above\, and ordered everyone to \ngather as much as necessary\, those who shared a tent gathering together if they \nwished. Gather it\, each of you\, he said\, with those who share your tent. Let \nnone of it be left over till the morning. That is to say\, we must fill ourselves \nwith the divine teaching of the Gospel.
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