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pyramidally http://annedickson.co.uk/ https:/wordpress.org/ “The hand of the Lord was upon me, and carried me out in the spirit of the Lord, and set me down in the midst of the valley which was full of bones. And caused me to pass by them round about: and, behold, there were very many bones in the open valley; and lo, they were very dry. And he said unto me “Son of man, can these bones live? And I answered, O Lord God, thou knowest. Again he said unto me, Prophesy upon these bones, and say unto them, O ye dry bones, hear the word of the Lord. Thus saith the Lord God unto these bones; behold, I will cause breath to enter into you, and ye shall live: And I will lay sinews upon you, and will bring up flesh upon you, and cover you with skin, and put breath in you, and ye shall live; and ye shall know that I am the Lord. So I prophesied as I was commanded: and as I prophesied, there was a noise, and behold a shaking, and the bones came together, bone to his bone, And when I beheld, lo, the sinews and the flesh came up upon them, and the skin covered them above: but there was no breath in them. Then he said unto me, “Prophesy unto the wind, prophesy, son of man, and say to the wind, Thus saith the Lord God, Come from the four winds, O breath, and breathe upon these slain, that they may live. So I prophesied as he commanded me, and the breath came into them, and they lived, and stood up upon their feet, an exceeding great army.”

Ah, Ezekiel.  Though I see that this is not the reading for tonight’s vigil.  Am I misremembering this?  I have this incredible recollection of hearing “Son of Man, can these bones live?” in the dark church of St. Vincent Ferrer one Saturday evening many years ago.  It wouldn’t surprise me, of course, if the hierarchs changed the reading.  For sure, however, the first three tonight are “Bible’s Greatest Hits” variety: Creation of the World, Sacrifice of Isaac, and the Crossing of the Red Sea.