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[...from] transgressions; you adorned the churches of the gentiles anew in fresh plumage. Entreat the same compassionate [Lord] to renew us from the oldness of sins. Let us give [glory] to the miraculous... Builder of all existences, [and] of creatures from non-existence; you yourself, the Rock, built the Church upon the rock of the Word. Along with the foundations laid in the new Sion, join us into the same by [your] construction. Let us give [glory] to the miraculous... The city built by you, O JESUS, was made glad by the streams of the river; from which brooks of grace flow, irrigating the souls of men. Give us also to drink of the water of life, through the intercession of the cupbearers of the Spirit; so that this, your rational land, may bear fruit unto the glory of your name.

RUBRIC: Concerning the sixth day of creation, and concerning the sixth age, and on the crucifixion of Christ: Friday.

[FRI.] [Could He] endure, by the nature of the Good, to possess alone the ineffable good? But...