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ST MELITO, BISHOP OF SARDES - 1 APRIL

 

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SAINT MELITO, BISHOP OF SARDES 

Saint Melito, Bishop of Sardes [Sardis] in Lydia, Confessor.

(In the reign of Marcus Aurelius.) To that emperor, in 175, he addressed an elegant and modest apology for the faith. From an eminent spirit of prophecy with which he was endued by God, he was surnamed The Prophet, as St Jerome and Eusebius testify. 

Source: Fr Butler's Lives of the Saints

QUOTES FROM ST MELITO'S HOMILIES 

(ABOUT OUR LORD JESUS CHRIST)

I have abolished death, I have crushed hell, I have raised humanity to the highest heavens, Yes I, the Christ... I am your forgiveness, I am the Passover of salvation, I am your light, I am your resurrection. 

This is Jesus, this is the Commander, this is the Lord, this is He Who rose from the dead, this is He who sits at the right hand of the Father, He bears the Father and is borne by Him. To Him be the glory and the might for ever. Amen.

For he was born a son, and led as a lamb, and slaughtered as a sheep, and buried as a man, and rose from the dead as God, being God by his nature and a man.

He is the mute lamb, the slain lamb, the lamb born of Mary, the fair ewe. He was seized from the flock, dragged off to be slaughtered, sacrificed in the evening, and buried at night.

On the tree no bone of His was broken; in the earth His body knew no decay. He is the One who rose from the dead, and who raised man from the depths of the tomb.

➡️ Saint Melito, Bishop of Sulci

PRAYER:

Grant, we beseech you, almighty God, that the venerable feast of Saint Melito may increase our devotion and promote our salvation. Through our Lord Jesus Christ, your Son, who lives and reigns with you in the unity of the Holy Spirit, God, for ever and ever. Amen.


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