On that terrible and dreadful day....

On that terrible and dreadful day [at Your Second Coming] You will say, O Lord, to us sinners: “You all know well what I have suffered for your sake. I, God, took on flesh for your sake; I, the Invisible, visibly dwelt on earth for your sake,for your sake I hungered, I thirsted, I labored, for your sake I was persecuted, I was stoned; I, the Innocent, for your sake was slapped and spat upon; I, the Sinless, for your sake suffered a shameful death, for your sake I was pierced in the side with a spear, for your sake I was given vinegar mixed with gall to drink. All this I suffered for your sake, that I might make you holy and heavenly; I have given you the Kingdom of Heaven, I have called you all brothers, I have sent down upon you the Holy Spirit. What have you suffered for my sake, men? - St. Ephraim the Syrian