“Do you see this shared celebration and joy of ours, which the Lord bestowed on those who believe in Him with His Resurrection and Ascension? It sprang from affliction. Do you see this life, or rather, this
immortality? It shone upon us through death. Do you see the Heavenly height to which Christ Ascended when He was taken up, and the sublime Glory with which He was Glorified according to the flesh? He attained to this by means of humility and dishonour…”

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