Come Forth and be Holy!
(+In the Name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit: One God!)
Priests & Deacons of the Most High God û Come forth!
As you know, this is the call with which the Bishop summons the clergy who will partake of the Holy and life giving Body and Blood of Christ. However, we must understand that this call applies not only for that specific moment in the Divine Liturgy. Rather, it is
the song of Christ to all that would serve Him! It is the cry with which Christ called forth Lazarus from the dead, saying û
Lazarus, Come forth; Come forth into life! Accordingly, each of us is summoned from the death of sin in order to participate in the holy life of Christ. As members of the Priesthood we must first have this life in us if we would heal others and bring them from death into life!
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