Learn the Gospel by heart: Eucharistic hymn of Saint Ephrem the Syrian (4th century)translated

Saint Ephrem the Syrian (around 306, 373), deacon of the Syriac Church in Nisibis then in Edessa, whom tradition honors with the title of “lyre of the Holy Spirit”, was the greatest poet of the patristic age. His theology does not proceed by syllogisms: it is sung. Through image, paradox and symbol, it leads intelligence to the threshold of mystery. Here, for the memory of the heart, are some verses

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