Alas, dear Christ, the snake is here again.Alas, he is here: terror has seized me, and fear.Alas that I ate of the fruit of the tree of knowledge.Alas that his envy led me to envy too.I did not become like God; I was cast out of paradise.Temper, sword, awhile, the heat of your flamesand letContinue reading “Alas, dear Christ, the snake is here again”
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A sacrifice, yet a high priest; a supplicant, yet God.
He prayed; but who was it who heard the prayer of the supplicant? He was a sacrifice, yet a high priest; a supplicant, yet God. He dedicated His blood to God and cleansed the whole world. A cross raised Him aloft, yet it was sin that was fixed by the nails. St. Gregory Nazianzen, Personal Poems,Continue reading “A sacrifice, yet a high priest; a supplicant, yet God.”
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