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If any man be devout and loveth 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 laboured long in fasting,
Let him how receive his recompense.
If any have wrought from the first hour,
Let him today receive his just reward.
If any have come at the third hour,
Let him with thankfulness keep the feast.
If any have arrived at the sixth hour,
Let him have no misgivings;
Because he shall in nowise be deprived therefore.
If any have delayed until the ninth hour,
Let him draw near, fearing nothing.
And 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 giveth rest unto him who cometh at the eleventh hour,
Even as unto him who hath wrought from the first hour.
And He showeth mercy upon the last,
And careth for the first;
And to the one He giveth,
And upon the other He bestoweth gifts.
And He both accepteth the deeds,
And welcometh the intention,
And honoureth the acts and praises the offering.
Wherefore, enter ye all into the joy of your Lord;
Receive your reward,
Both the first, and likewise the second.
You rich and poor together, hold high festival!
You sober and you heedless, honour 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 shown forth from the grave.
Let no one fear death,
For the Saviour'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 it 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, 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 thy sting?
O Hell, where is thy victory?
Christ is risen, and thou art 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 first-fruits of those who have fallen asleep.
To Him be glory and dominion
Unto ages of ages.
Amen.
John Chrysostom

The rabbit died.

Dick Van Dyke Show

hoppy birfday easter bunny

Dayyenu.

It kind of merits the cussing the heading looks like that the system rejected perfectly good Greek.

It will be interesting to be back - was intriguing - and at times hard - to be away.

What did it say in Greek?

I loved the poem and I gather John Chrysostom wrote it, but what do the two lines after his name mean?

By the way, nice to see you back.

Meh it's too tl;dr for a demotivational poster so it was funny but the delivery was a failure.

Goiod to be back. The Greek was - and is, you just can'r see it, Christos aneste - Chist is / has -pick your translation style - risen.

The Dick Van Dyke quote - or near quote given my memory - reprises the bit where Laura announces the positive results of her pregnancy test.

In there as a tip of the hat to seasonal resurrection and new life, lambs and all [here we have sparrows mating and squills allover the place].

Okay, guys; tl;dr says what auf Englisch? I do not read Tamahaq.

I would just like to point out, since I am in a fighting mood right now and I already did this in a previous thread that got me into a lot of trouble.

Don't use that picture. That seriously is no way to conduct yourself. Seriously, you can go to the other religious threads and see how militant I am,and you would not get so mad. I had nothing to say about the OP so I was just going to see what this was, and this is not a tactic I will ever use. It is only fair to apply this equally to the rest of the board since I already did it once some time ago.

What's cool about that image is that if you remove the word Zombie, it is actually very accurate an abridged version of Christianity. Perhaps it would still be accurate if you replaced Zombie with undead.

Much better lol

"Too long; didn't read". Highly appropriate in this context, I think - a lot of Christians seem to treat the Bible the same way...

Thankee, DeaconBlues - I can get paranoid if I do npot get what is going on, which is too much of the world if I do not limit my inputs!. I actually slogged through it, but tend to agree - both the genuine hokey motivationals and the takeoffs needd to be pithy to have effect.

Thanks for posting that, it was a very well written piece. Good to see you back, I was wondering where you went; we were mostly stuck with the creationists advocating Christianity in the meantime.