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From a sermon by Saint Gregory
of Nyssa,Bishop
The First Born of the New Creation
The reign of life has begun,
the tyranny of death is ended. A new birth has taken place, a new life has
come, a new order of existence has appeared, our very nature has been
transformed! This birth is not brought about by human generation, by the will
of man, or by the desire of the flesh, but by God.
If you wonder how, I will
explain in clear language. Faith is the womb that conceives this new life,
baptism the rebirth by which it is brought forth into the light of day. The
Church is its nurse; her teachings are its milk, the bread from heaven is its
food. It is brought to maturity by the practice of virtue; it is wedded to
wisdom; it gives birth to hope. Its home is the kingdom; its rich inheritance
the joys of paradise; its end, not death, but the blessed and everlasting life
prepared for those who are worthy.
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