A Feast Of Saints

Hi vero qui secundum apostolorum sensum theoriam Scriptuarum recipiunt, sperant manducaturos quidem esse sanctis, sed panem vitae qui veritatis et sapientiae cibis nutriat animam, et illuminet mentem, et potet eam divinae sapientiae poculis, sicut dicit Scriptura divina: Quia spaientia praeparavit mensam suam, jugulavit victimas suas, miscuit in cratere vinum suum, et summa voce clamat: Divertite ad me, manducate panes quos paravi vobis, et bibite vinum quod miscui vobis. Quibus sapientiae escis nutrita mens ad integrum et perfectum, sicut ex initio factus est homo, ad imaginem et similitudinem Dei reparetur; ut etiamsi quis ex hac vita minus eruditis abierit, probabilia tamen opera detulerit, instrui poterit in illa Jerusalem sanctorum civitate, id est edoceri et informari, et effici lapis vivus, lapis pretiosus et electus, pro eo quod fortiter et constanter pertulerit agones vitae, et certamina pietatis; ibique hoc quod jam hic praedictum est, verius manifestiusque cognoscet, quod non in pane solo vivit homo, sed in omni verbo quod procedit de ore Dei. Origenes, De Principiis, Liber II, Cap XI

Those, however, who receive the insights of Scripture according to the understanding of the Apostles, have hope the saints will eat indeed, but that it will be the bread of life which with the food of truth and wisdom nourishes the soul, and enlightens the mind, and it will be given to drink from the cup of divine wisdom, as Holy Scripture says: 'Wisdom has prepared her table, she has killed her beasts, she has mingled her wine in her cup, and she cries with a loud voice, Come to me, eat the bread which I have prepared for you, and drink the wine which I have mixed.' 1 Which food of wisdom nourishes the mind to a complete and perfect condition, like that in which man was made at the beginning, being restored to the image and likeness of God, so that, although someone may leave this life less perfectly instructed, but who has performed commendable works, he will be capable of receiving instruction in that Jerusalem which is the city of the saints, that is, he will be educated and shaped, and made a living stone, a stone elect and precious, because he has undergone with firmness and constancy the struggles of life and the trials of holiness, and he will there come to a truer and clearer knowledge of that which here has already been proclaimed, 'That man shall not live by bread alone, but by every word which proceeds from the mouth of God.' 2 Origen, On First Principles, Book 2, Chap 11 1 Prov 9 1-2,3-5 2 Deut 8.13, Mt 4.4