Remembrance of the Righteous
The memory of the righteous brings joy to the world and enlightens it; the memory of the righteous makes humanity leap for joy. Now Anthony is remembered, and we are all enlightened by his memory. He is a citizen of heaven, a teacher of all virtue, an imitator of the incorporeal in the flesh, a light of the churches, a trainer of priests, the flower of virginity, the radiance of purity, a crown of those in mountains and caves, an example of self-control, a worker of temperance, an undefeated boxer, a pillar of the prophets, a mirror of the apostles, powerful with God and men, possessing nothing on earth while looking entirely toward heaven, lifting his eyes upward and hastening toward that prize.
He is faithful like Abraham, obedient like Isaac, patient like Jacob, and like Joseph feeding Egypt. He performed various wonders like Moses, sang like David and drove out demons, presented himself as a temple greater than God, commanded lions like Daniel, gathered the desert like the Baptist, rested on the chest of Jesus like the Theologian through evangelical study, and died daily like Paul (1 Corinthians 15:31).
But we too draw from the well and the torrent overflows; the jars are full, and 'the overflows pour out.' As much as we run, the stadium becomes greater; as much as the voyage proceeds, the boundlessness of the sea is revealed. Come then, let us also say the things of Paul: 'Time will fail me telling about Gideon, Barak, Samson, Jephthah, David, Samuel, and the prophets' (Hebrews 11:32); for the father of the composed theaters took these men up in himself. For many words are needed and I am a guide to the matters, since the word grows weary of explaining the work. One thing is the character of a shadow, another is the energy of truth; one thing is an image, and another is the thing of which it is an image; the words image the work, but not in this way is the...
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In sanctum Antonium (homilia 8) Τοῦ μακαριωτάτου Ἡσυχίου, πρεσβυτέρου Ἱεροσολύμων, ἐγκώμιον εἰς τὸν ὅσιον πατέρα ἡμῶν Ἀντώνιον. 1 ∆ικαίων μνήμῃ καὶ ὁ κόσμος ἀγάλλεται, δικαίων μνήμῃ καὶ ὁ κόσμος φωτίζεται, δικαίων μνήμῃ καὶ ἡ ἀνθρωπότης σκιρτᾷ, δικαίων μνήμῃ καὶ πᾶς τις ἀκούων ἀγάλλεται. Νῦν Ἀντώνιος μνημονεύεται καὶ πάντες τῇ μνήμῃ φωτιζόμεθα, Ἀντώ νιος ὁ τῶν οὐρανῶν πολίτης, ὁ πάσης ἀρετῆς καθηγητής, ὁ τοὺς ἀσάρκους ἐν σαρκὶ μιμησάμενος, ὁ τῶν ἐκκλησιῶν λύχνος, ὁ τῶν ἱερέων παιδοτρίβης, τὸ τῆς παρθενίας ἄνθος, τὸ τῆς ἁγνείας ἀπαύ γασμα, τῶν ἐν «ὄρεσι καὶ σπηλαίοις» ὁ στέφανος, τὸ τῆς καρ τερίας ὑπόδειγμα, ὁ τῆς ἐγκρατείας ἐργάτης, ὁ ἀήττητος πύκτης, τῶν προφητῶν ἡ στήλη, τῶν ἀποστόλων τὸ ἔσοπτρον, ὁ μετὰ θεοῦ καὶ ἀνθρώπων δυνατός, ὁ μηδὲν ἐπὶ γῆς ἔχων, ὅλος δὲ εἰς οὐρανὸν ὁρῶν, ἄνω τοὺς ὀφθαλμοὺς τείνων καὶ πρὸς ἐκεῖνο τὸ βραβεῖον τὸν δρόμον ἐπειγόμενος. 2 Ὁ πιστὸς ὡς Ἀβραάμ, ὡς ὁ Ἰσαὰκ εὐπειθής, καρτερικὸςὡς ὁ Ἰακώβ, ὡς Ἰωσὴφ σιτοδοτῶν τὴν Αἴγυπτον, θαυμάτων παντοδαπῶν ὡς Μωυσῆς ἡνιοχῶν τῇ διδασκαλίᾳ, ἔψαλλεν ὡς ∆αυὶδ καὶ τοὺς δαίμονας ἤλαυνε, ναὸν ἑαυτὸν μείζονα τῷ θεῷ προσήγαγεν, ὡς ∆ανιὴλ ἐπέταττε τοῖς λέουσιν, ὡς ὁ Βαπτιστὴς ἐκκλησιάζει τὴν ἔρημον, ὡς ὁ Θεολόγος «ἐπὶ τὸ στῆθος τοῦ Ἰη σοῦ» διὰ τῆς εὐαγγελικῆς μελέτης «ἀνακείμενος», «καθ' ἡμέ ραν» ὡς Παῦλος «ἀπέθνῃσκεν». 3 Ἀλλὰ γὰρ καὶ ἡμεῖς ἀντλοῦμεν καὶ ἡ ληνὸς ὑπερβλύζει, οἱ πίθοι γέμουσιν, «ὑπερχεῖται τὰ ὑπολήνια»· ὅσον τρέχομεν, μεῖζον τὸ στάδιον γίνεται· ὅσον ὁ πλοῦς ἀνύεται, τοσοῦτον τῆς θαλάσσης δηλοῦται τὸ ἀμέτρητον. ∆εῦρο τοίνυν καὶ ἡμεῖς τὰ τοῦ Παύλου εἴπωμεν· «Ἐπιλείψει με διηγούμενον ὁ χρόνος ἐπὶ Γεδεών, Βαράκ, Σαμψών, Ἰεφθάε, ∆αυίδ τε καὶ Σα μουὴλ καὶ τῶν προφητῶν»· τούτους γὰρ ἐν αὑτῷ ὁ πατὴρ τῶν συγκροτουμένων θεάτρων ἀνέλαβε· πολλῶν γὰρ χρεία ῥημάτων καὶ ὁδηγὸς ἐγὼ τοῖς πράγμασιν, ἐπειδὴ κάμνει ὁ λόγος τὸ ἔργον ἐξηγούμενος. Ἕτερον σκιᾶς χαρακτήρ, ἕτερον ἀληθείας ἐνέρ γεια. Ἄλλο εἰκὼν καὶ ἄλλο τοῦτο οὗπερ εἰκὼν τυγχάνει τὸ δει κνυόμενον· εἰκονίζουσιν οἱ λόγοι τὸ ἔργον, ἀλλ' οὐχ οὕτως ἡ