After this the priest cries aloud, LIFT UP YOUR HEARTS. For truly ought we in that most awful hour to have our heart on high with God, and not below, thinking of earth and earthly things. The priest then in effect bids all in that hour abandon all worldly thoughts, our household cares, and to have their heart in heaven with the mericful God. - St. Cyril of Jerusalem, *Mystagogical Catechesis* V:4
Let all mortal flesh keep silence
And with fear and trembling stand.
*Ponder nothing earthly minded*
for with blessing in His hand,
Christ, our God, to earth descending
Comes our homage to demand. - LSB (based on the Liturgy of St. James)
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