Here is another example of the literary coinciding with spirituality:<\/p>\n
Come, let us drink, not miraculous water drawn forth from a barren stone, but a new vintage from the fount of incorruption, springing from the tomb of Christ.\u00a0 In Him we are established.
\nChrist is risen from the dead.<\/p>\n
Now all is filled with light: heaven and earth and the lower regions.\u00a0 Let all creation celebrate the rising of Christ.\u00a0 In Him we are established.
\nChrist is risen from the dead.<\/p>\n
Yesterday I was buried with Thee, O Christ.\u00a0 Today I arise with Thee in Thy resurrection.\u00a0 Yesterday I was crucified with Thee.\u00a0 Glorify me with Thee, O Savior, in Thy kingdom.<\/p>\n
(From the Matins of Pascha – what Orthodox Christians call Easter)<\/p>\n
The reference in the first stanza is to Moses striking a large stone in the wilderness so the thirsty Children of Israel could drink (Numbers 20:8).\u00a0 The hymn compares that stone to the risen Christ who quenches thirst in this wilderness of life.\u00a0 Use of the word vintage suggests a thirst quenching of an entirely different dimension and turns the image into a metaphor for communion.<\/p>\n
How nicely this spirituality is expressed literarily.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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