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Homiliy 13: On the Words "Crucified and Buried"

they say to one another: “It is right

“Be sober (νήψατε)

Its path lies in the fruitless

If God condemns a person

The moment of death is near

He who was with you beyond the Jordan

which is but for a moment

either with God for eternity

I will either be placed within the light or the darkness

transgressing Thy commands