Yesterday I was crucified with Him; today I am glorified with Him.
Yesterday I died with Him; today I am made alive with Him.
Yesterday I was buried with Him; today I am raised up with Him.
Let us offer to Him who suffered and rose again for us...ourselves, the possession most precious to God.
Let us become like Christ. Why? Because Christ became like us.Let us become Divine for His sake, because for us He became human.
He accepted the worst so that he might give us the better.
He became poor so that because of His poverty we might become rich.
He accepted being a servant so that we might receive our freedom.
He came down so that we might be lifted up.
He was tempted so that because of Him we might conquer sin.
He was dishonored so that He might save us.
He ascended that He could take to Himself us, who were thrown down through the fall of sin.
Let us give all, offer all, to Him(Jesus Christ) who gave Himself as Ransom and Reconciliation for us. We needed a God with us, a God put to death, that we might live. We were put to death together with Him that we might be cleansed. We rose again with Him because we were put to death with Him. We were glorified with Him because we rose again with Him.
A few drops of His Blood has given life to the whole of creation!
ST. GREGORY THE THEOLOGIAN