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Just as an artist who
finds the portrait he drew ruined by the negligent stains of others, would
call back the model he used to redraw the portrait, so did God. To restore
His image that had been corrupted within us, only Christ, the true source of
this image could rebuild it.
X (The
Gregorian Liturgy)
“Neither an angel, nor an arch-angel, nor a patriarch nor a prophet did You
entrust with our salvation. But You without change (compromise), were
incarnated and became Man, assuming our likeness in everything, save for sin
alone.”
X (On
The Incarnation, by St. Athanasius)
The renewal of creation has been wrought by the same Word who made it in the
beginning.
This
great work was, indeed, supremely worthy of the goodness of God. The rescue
of mankind from corruption was the proper action only of Him who made them
in the beginning.
X (1
Tim 3:16 NKJV)
Without controversy great is the mystery of godliness: God was manifested in
the flesh
How will the understanding of the
Mystery of Incarnation affect your daily behavior? |
