From the Forty-Second Festal Letter, for Easter 370

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From the Forty-Second Festal Letter, for Easter 370

For we have been called, brothers and sisters, and are now called together, by Wisdom, and, according to the parable in the Gospel, to that great and heavenly supper, which is enough for every creature. I mean to the Passover, to Christ, who is sacrificed, for “Christ our Passover has been sacrificed.” (And later:) So those who are prepared in this way will hear, “Enter into the joy of your Lord.”