Having observed the very deeply spiritual services of Holy Week and now celebrating the joyous days of the Bright Resurrection of Our Lord, God, and Savior Jesus Christ, it is most important that we not lose sight of the meaning of these observances, nor be lost in the celebrations or lose that which we gained during this past Great Lent. A reminder of the importance of this is given to us in the magnificent paschal homily of St. Gregory the Theologian, who taught: “Let us recognize our Dignity; let us honor our Archetype; let us know the power of the Mystery, and for what Christ died. Let us become like Christ, since Christ became like us. Let us become gods for His sake, since He for our sake became man. He assumed the worse that He might give us the better; He became poor that through His poverty we might be rich; He took upon Himself the form of a servant that we might receive back our liberty; He came down that we might be exalted; He was tempted that we might conquer; He was dishonored that He might glorify us; He died that He might save us; He ascended that He might draw to himself us who were lying low in the Fall of sin. Let us give all, offer all, to Him Who gave Himself a Ransom and a Reconciliation for us.”
This is the gift that we have, undeservedly, received from Our God, “Who so loved the world, that He gave His only begotten Son…” (John 3:16). He gave to us, through His Divine Son, our Holy Church, which was established through the descent of the Holy Spirit. Everything needed by us to be the eternal beneficiaries of this unspeakable gift of Divine Love is ours. It remains only for us to accept it and to commit ourselves to it.
“We have seen the True Light, we have received the Heavenly Spirit, we have found the True Faith…Let us worship the Undivided Trinity, Who has saved us!”
God Bless!
—Fr. Alexander
