Why did Christ desert those whom He knew were being sought because of him, and whom He knew would be killed for his sake? Brothers, Christ did not despise his own soldiers but promoted them. He enabled them to participate in a victory without struggle. He gave them the gift of the crown even beforeContinue reading “Why did Christ flee without the Holy Innocents?”
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St. Romanos on the Flight to Egypt
Nets and snares were fashioned, then,For the young fawn of the Virgin and Mother of God,But the trap was broken and the fawn escaped, tearing the snare.With His mother, like a blameless deer, He fledInto Egypt, as Micah once said.O Thou Who art everywhere and Who rulest over all, where dost Thou flee?Where dost ThouContinue reading “St. Romanos on the Flight to Egypt”
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