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讓我們將自己獻給上帝，更進一步，讓我們每日持續地將自己及一切言行舉止都獻給上帝。讓我們按著字面接受每件事；讓我們藉著苦難，仿效基督的受難；讓我們藉著我們的血，向基督的流血致敬；讓我們渴望登上十架。如果你是古利奈人西門的話，那就背起十架跟從吧！
如果你是與祂同釘十架的強盜的話，那麼你有承認上帝的誠實。如果耶穌因為你和你的緣故，而被列在罪犯之中，那麼你就要因為祂變成義的。尊崇那因你的過犯而掛在十架上的祂；並且當祂掛在那裡時，你甚至是從你的惡中，得到一些益處；藉著祂的死，你獲得了救恩；與耶穌一同進入樂園，並且學習到你所剝奪的範圍。
如果你是亞利馬太的約瑟，那就去向行刑者求那屍體；為這世界盡一份補償。
如果你是尼哥底母，那位夜裡來敬拜上帝的，那就為祂預備安葬用的薰香吧。
如果你是這位或另一位馬利亞、撒羅米或是約亞拿，那就在清晨留下眼淚。成為首先看到石頭被移開，或許也看到天使，甚至是耶穌自己。
如果你是與祂同釘十架的強盜的話，那麼你有承認上帝的誠實。如果耶穌因為你和你的緣故，而被列在罪犯之中，那麼你就要因為祂變成義的。尊崇那因你的過犯而掛在十架上的祂；並且當祂掛在那裡時，你甚至是從你的惡中，得到一些益處；藉著祂的死，你獲得了救恩；與耶穌一同進入樂園，並且學習到你所剝奪的範圍。
如果你是亞利馬太的約瑟，那就去向行刑者求那屍體；為這世界盡一份補償。
如果你是尼哥底母，那位夜裡來敬拜上帝的，那就為祂預備安葬用的薰香吧。
如果你是這位或另一位馬利亞、撒羅米或是約亞拿，那就在清晨留下眼淚。成為首先看到石頭被移開，或許也看到天使，甚至是耶穌自己。
拿先斯的貴格利
第四世紀
Let us sacrifice ourselves to God; further, let us go on every day offering ourselves and all our activities. Let us accept everything literally; let us imitate the passion by our sufferings; let us reverence the blood by our blood; let us be eager to climb the cross.
If you are Simon of Cyrene, take up the cross and follow.
If you are crucified with him as a robber, have the honesty to acknowledge God. If Jesus was numbered among the transgressors becuse of you and your sin, you must become righteous becuse of him. Adore him who hung upon the cross through your fault; and while he is hanging there, draw some advantage even from your own wickedness; buy salvation by his death; enter paradise with Jesus and learn what is the extent of your deprivation.
If you are Joseph of Arimathea, ask the executioner for the body; make your own the expiation of the world.
If you are Nicodemus, the man who served God by night, prepare him for burial with perfumes.
If you are one or other Mary, or Salome or Joanna, shed tears in the early morning. Be the first to see the stone removed, and perhaps the angel too, and even Jesus himself.
If you are Simon of Cyrene, take up the cross and follow.
If you are crucified with him as a robber, have the honesty to acknowledge God. If Jesus was numbered among the transgressors becuse of you and your sin, you must become righteous becuse of him. Adore him who hung upon the cross through your fault; and while he is hanging there, draw some advantage even from your own wickedness; buy salvation by his death; enter paradise with Jesus and learn what is the extent of your deprivation.
If you are Joseph of Arimathea, ask the executioner for the body; make your own the expiation of the world.
If you are Nicodemus, the man who served God by night, prepare him for burial with perfumes.
If you are one or other Mary, or Salome or Joanna, shed tears in the early morning. Be the first to see the stone removed, and perhaps the angel too, and even Jesus himself.
Gregory of Nazianzus
Fourth Century
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