And so, since Our Redeemer has now passed over beyond the mortality of this present life, tightly does the Angel, who had come to announce His entry into eternal life, sit at the right side . For the whiteness of his garments signifies the glory of our great Feast. That we may speak truly let us say that it is both ours and His. On this our festival day, and His, an angel appeared, clothed in white robes, because they are rejoicing that because we are restored to heaven the losses their heavenly home had suffered are now made good. Let them fear who, steeped in bodily desires, have no hope of belonging to them.
Lightning awakens dread and fear, the white radiance of snow is soothing.
For Almighty God is both terrifying to sinners, and comforting to those who are good. Coming to judge us, He shall comfort the one by the mildness of His countenance, and terrify the other with the severity of His justice. Now let us hear what the angel says. You seek Jesus of Nazareth . Then however many were called Jesus, by name, not because of the reality it means.