Pints With Aquinas - Bonus: The Paschal Sermon of St. John Chrysostom

Episode Date: April 1, 2018

Happy Easter, friends! The music you can hear beneath Chrysostom's meditation is the Jesus Prayer "Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, have mercy on me a sinner!" You can find it on Youtube here.

Christ is risen from the dead. By death he trampled death, and to those in the tomb he granted life. Christ is risen from the dead. By death he trampled death, and to those in the tomb he granted life. Christ is risen from the dead. By death he trampled death.

And to those in the tomb he granted life. Happy Easter. Happy Solemnity of Solemnities. The greatest sermon for Easter ever written was not written by St. Thomas Aquinas, but by St. John Chrysostom, the Archbishop of Constantinople. I'd like to read that for you now. It's quite brief. It'll only take a minute. And that'll be the end of this bonus episode. Have a drink today. Rejoice in Christ today.

This sermon will teach you how to do that. If any man be devout and love God, let him enjoy this fair and radiant triumphal feast. If any man be a wise servant, let him rejoicing enter into the joy of his Lord. If any have labored long in fasting, let him now receive his recompense. If any have wrought from this first hour, let him today receive his just reward. If any have come at the third hour, let him with thankfulness keep the fast. If any have arrived at the sixth hour, let him have no misgivings, because he shall in no wise be deprived thereof. If any have delayed until the ninth hour, let him draw near, fearing nothing. If any have tarried even until the eleventh hour, let him also be not alarmed at his tardiness.

For the Lord, who is jealous of his honour, will accept the last even as the first. He gives rest unto him who comes at the eleventh hour, even as unto him who is wrought from the first hour. And he shows mercy upon the last, and cares for the first, and to the one he gives, and upon the other he bestows gifts. And he both accepts the deeds deeds and welcomes the intention, and honors the acts and praises the offering. Wherefore enter you all into the joy of your Lord and receive your reward, both the first and likewise the second. You rich and poor together hold high festival.

You sober and you heedless honor the day. Rejoice today, both you who have fasted and you who have disregarded the fast. The table is full laden, feast ye all sumptuously. The calf is fatted, let no one go hungry away. Enjoy ye all the feast of faith. Receive ye all the riches of loving kindness. Let no one bewail his poverty, for the universal kingdom has been revealed. Let no one weep for his iniquities, for pardon has shone forth from the grave. Let no one fear death, for the Savior's death has set us free.

He that was held prisoner of it has annihilated it. By descending into hell, he made hell captive. He embittered it when he tasted of his flesh. And Isaiah, foretelling this, did cry, Hell said he was embittered when it encountered thee in the lower regions. It was embittered, for it was abolished. It was embittered, for it was mocked. It was embittered, it was abolished. It was embittered for it was mocked. It was embittered for it was slain. It was embittered for it was overthrown.

It was embittered for it was fettered in chains. It took a body and met God face to face. It took earth and encountered heaven. It took that which was seen and fell upon the unseen. O death, where is your sting? O hell, where is your victory? Christ is risen and you are overthrown. Christ is risen and the demons are fallen. Christ is risen, and the angels rejoice. Christ is risen, and life reigns. Christ is risen, and not one dead remains in the grave.

For Christ, being risen from the dead, is become the firstfruits of those who have fallen asleep. To him be glory and dominion unto ages of ages. Amen. Господи Иисусе Христе, Сыне Божий, Боги, Благодать нам вечно. Господи Иисусе Христе, Сыне Божий, Боги, Благодать нам вечно. Субтитры подогнал «Симон» Субтитры создавал DimaTorzok