God performed a new miracle in man, great for us and for all creation. For He made our body a temple, and filled it with that which is venerated by all.
Come, O earthly and heavenly beings, wonder and be amazed at this great bestowal of dignity, for our race has been lifted to the immeasurable height of the Divinity.
+St. Ephraim the Syrian, quoted by St. Theophan the Recluse in A Spiritual Psalter: or Reflections on God, psalm 44.
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