He has lifted me to the Heavens; you He has put to flight;For the rest of time I share the throne, I am no longer subject to you.He took my body that He might make it new;He will make it immortal and cause it to share His throne.I shall reign with Him, for I haveContinue reading “He has lifted me to the heavens”
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St. Romanos on the Ascension
He Who descended to earth, as He alone knew how,Rising up from it (again as He knew how),He took the ones whom He loved, and gathering them together,He led them to a high mountainIn order that, when they had their minds and sensibilities on the height,They might forget all lowly things.And so, when they wereContinue reading “St. Romanos on the Ascension”
St. Romanos on the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary
Did not the faithful Sarah, long ago,before her son Isaac was born,desire to give birth, even though she was sterile?She received the Lord in human form, along with two archangels;And His word to her on this occasion was:“You, Sarah, will have a child,”Now, rejoicing, she cries to the world:The barren woman gives birth to theContinue reading “St. Romanos on the Nativity of the Blessed Virgin Mary”
St. Romanos on St. Andrew
Be strong in Me;and you, too, Andrew;just as you were the first to find Me, you were found by me;so find the one who has wandered;Do not forget your first skill;from it I shall educate you for this new art.Formerly, naked into the deep sea, now naked into life;Formerly, hunting with a fishing-rod, now taughtContinue reading “St. Romanos on St. Andrew”
A Holy Trunk
The Devil speaks:Now then, Hades, mourn and I join in unison with you in wailing.Let us lament as we see the tree which we plantedChanged into a holy trunk.Robbers, murderers, tax gatherers, harlots,Rest beneath it, and make nestsIn its branches in order that they might gatherThe fruit of sweetness from theContinue reading “A Holy Trunk”
Locus Communis 