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Be shepherds like the Lord
On Thursday of the First Week of Lent our Church invites us to first read and reflect on a passage from the book of Exodus (12:1-20) entitled "The Passover and the unleavened bread". Our treasure, which follows, is from a homily by Saint Asterius of Amasea, bishop.
Saint Asterius of Amasea, bishop and preacher, was born in Cappadocia in 350. Saint Asterius, having specialized in rhetoric and the practice of law, abandoned this profession to enter the clergy, and subsequently became metropolitan of Amasea in Pontus between 380 and 390. His extant writings consist of 16 homilies and panegyrics…
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