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Come, then, let us observe the Feast. Truly wondrous is the whole chronicle of the Nativity. For this day the ancient slavery is ended, the devil confounded, the demons take to flight, the power of death is broken, paradise is unlocked, the curse is taken away, sin is removed from us, error is driven out, truth has been brought back, the speech of kindliness diffused, and spreads on every side, a heavenly way of life has been implanted on the earth, angels communicate with men without fear, and men now hold speech with angels.  Why is this? Because God is now on earth, and man in heaven; on every side, all things commingle. He became flesh. He did not become God. He was God. Wherefore he became flesh, so that he whom heaven did not contain, a manger would this day receive. He was placed in a manger so that he, by whom all things are nourished, may receive an infant’s food from his virgin mother. So, the Father of all ages, as an infant at the breast, nestles in the virginal arms that the Magi may more easily see him. Since this day, the Magi too have come, and made a beginning of withstanding tyranny; and the heavens give glory, as the Lord is revealed by a star. To him, then, who out of confusion has wrought a clear path, to Christ, to the Father, and to the Holy Ghost, we offer all praise, now and forever. Amen!” - Saint John Chrysostom; Nativity (Christmas) Homily. #Christianity

In refusing to think of the good, men began to imagine and conceive of things that do not exist. ☦️St. Athanasius

☦️ God the Son Himself came down from eternity into time, from heaven to earth, from the throne of glory to the shepherd's cave, solely to save man, to cleanse him from sin and to lead him back to Paradise. ‘I came forth from the Father’, where He had everything, ‘and am come into the world’, that could give Him nothing. The Lord was born in a cave, to show that the whole world is a dark cave that only He can illumine. The Lord was born in Bethlehem — the House of Bread — to show that He is the only Bread of life worthy of true men. ———•——— [Saint] Bishop Nikolai Velimirović, The Prologue from Ochrid, Volume 4, 1986, p. 371.

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Impactful book, can't imagine if I would've had access to this as a teen/young adult.

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