We preach not one advent only of Christ, but a second also, far more glorious than the former. For the former gave a view of His patience; but the latter brings with it the crown of a divine kingdom. For all things, for the most part, are twofold in our Lord Jesus Christ: a twofold generation; one, of God, beforeContinue reading “St. Cyril of Jerusalem on Advent”
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St. Gregory the Great on the Second Coming
Christ says: When these things come to pass, look up, and lift up your heads, because your redemption is at hand. It is as if the Truth openly warns His Elect by saying: when the evils of this world mount up, when dread of the judgment is shown even by the trembling powers, lift up your heads,Continue reading “St. Gregory the Great on the Second Coming”
A Collect for Advent I
Almighty God, give us grace that we may cast away the works of darkness, and put upon us the armour of light, now in the time of this mortal life, in which Thy Son Jesus Christ came to visit us in great humility; that in the last day, when He shall come again in hisContinue reading “A Collect for Advent I”
St. Romanos on the Ten Virgins
O brothers, let us love the Bridegroom,Let us make ready our lamps,Shining out with brightness and true faith,So that, like the wise virgins at the Lord’s coming,We may arrive with Him at the marriage,For He, the Merciful, since He is God,Offers to all as a giftThe incorruptible crown!Thou, O God, the Bridegroom of salvation,the hopeContinue reading “St. Romanos on the Ten Virgins”
St. Romanos on the Second Coming
How great and of what kindis the mourning of the condemned in the hour of judgment(And indeed I have been set down as chief of the condemned).When they see the Judge seated, fearful and exalted on His throne,And when they behold the lines of the righteous and the saints shining in joyAnd the sinners inContinue reading “St. Romanos on the Second Coming”
Locus Communis 