The Instability of Circumstances

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It is like a dream. For the present state does not differ from phantasms. He who was yesterday in health is today in sickness; he who was yesterday in power is today in humiliation; he who was yesterday in wealth is today in poverty; he who was yesterday in pride is today in contempt. Everything is shaken, everything is changed; and I do not say human things only, but also the heavens, he says, and the earth shall pass away (Matt 24:35), but my words shall not pass away (Matt 24:35). For this reason blessed are the Christians, those who also in their condition are humble-minded. Did you humble yourself in your condition? Humility does not wrong you; for such a thing...

Greek

ὡς ἐνύπνιον. Οὐδὲν γὰρ διαφέρει φαντασμάτων ἡ παροῦσα κατάστασις. Ὁ χθὲς ἐν ὑγείᾳ, σήμερον ἐν νόσῳ· ὁ χθὲς ἐν ἐξουσίᾳ, σήμερον ἐν ταπεινώσει· ὁ χθὲς ἐν πλούτῳ, σήμερον ἐν πενίᾳ· ὁ χθὲς ἐν ὑπερηφανίᾳ, σήμερον ἐν ἐξουθενώσει. Πάντα σαλεύεται, πάντα μεταβάλλεται· καὶ οὐ λέγω τὰ ἀνθρώπινα μόνον, ἀλλὰ καὶ Ὁ οὐρανὸς, φησὶ, καὶ ἡ γῆ παρελεύ59.609 σονται, οἱ δὲ λόγοι μου οὐ μὴ παρέλθωσι. ∆ιὰ τοῦτο μακάριοι οἱ Χριστιανοὶ, οἱ καὶ ἐν τῇ ἀξίᾳ ταπεινοφρονοῦντες. Ἐταπεινοφρόνησας ἐν τῇ ἀξίᾳ; Ἡ ταπεινοφροσύνη οὐδέν σε ἀδικεῖ· τοιοῦτον γὰρ

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Two healings of blindness, physical and spiritual: the blind man and Zacchaeus side by side.

Catalogue & scope

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Witnesses

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