Eighth day dawn

How can we ever be separated from You, when our separation returns us to this path?

Fresco of the Anastasis, The Chora Church.

You have taken us up into Yourself.

You entered into death and rescued us from its grip. We have become one with You.

So, now, we live on the eighth day, with no evening.

In this eternal time, there is no tomorrow to anticipate, no yesterday to lament.

There is only Now.

How can we ever be separated from You, when our separation returns us to this path?

In eating Your flesh, we have become the Eternal Body. In drinking Your blood, we have Life.

Here, You, the Eternal One is unveiled.

We breathe Your breath, move with Your motion, and have our very existence in You.

You do not become part of us; we become part of You, for You are greater than us.

How can we distinguish between us and You?

It is impossible.

In loving one another, Your love is perfected in us.