Blameless prized in Christ-priest race; blind = mindless; lame = weak zeal

Cyril: …and rather the having blamelessly has been prized, and sick nowhere the corruption, complete as it were unto virtue, and well-strong unto sanctification, the having practiced well to be well-reputed in endurance, and keen unto continual understanding. Therefore also going against all the race he makes the law upon this, showing forth for himself the sacred and chosen race unadulterated; then as in tribe Levi, and as from blood of Aaron, but now at least as in those sanctified in Christ the great and according to truth high priest, to whom we have grown attached through spirit, shown forth partners and sharers of his own nature. Therefore also having called unto brotherhood those justified in faith, as with partners he rejoices saying: ‘Behold I and the children whom God gave me.’ (Hebrews 2:13) Or did it not seem to all-divine Paul also to attach the word upon this to the person of Christ?

Palladius: Very much so.

Cyril: So then he bars from the needing to priest the one upon whichever of the named, as sick and mocked. For he will not come forward, he says, to offer the gifts of God, a human blind or lame. So then the matter has from itself, even if thought bodily, much the unbeautiful; for with eyes having flowed out, and indeed also a foot not firmly set, not having to walk straight, how is it not better to be still, neither knowing where at all the priest must go, or else to go with laughter, using another’s foot and eyes? But the word of this would not be much. But the necessary unto knowledge and spiritual contemplation for us, come let us say, running under the thick of the history. So then blind he seems to call the very simple and mindless. For what eye is to the earthy body, this also in soul would be said the mind, lit up by the divine light, and opening toward the pure beauty itself, and by the thin as it were and well-turning motions of thoughts leaping up very well toward the accurate in glory, and knowing not to miss dogmatic rightness. This, I think, is the proverbially said, ‘Let your eyes look straight things, and let your eyelids nod just things.’ (Hebrews 3:1) And it has been said somewhere also toward the mother of the Jews looking not rightly: ‘Behold your eyes are not, nor is your heart good, but unto your greed and unto pouring out the innocent blood itself, and unto your injustices, and unto murder of doing them.’ (Proverbs 4:25) So then unsuitable unto sacred-work is the blind intelligibly, that is the wholly ununderstanding, and damaged in mind and sense. And unsuitable besides this also the lame, that is a man not knowing to walk-straight, and not well-strong unto walking completely. For blindness, just as I said just now, is a symbol of extreme ununderstanding; but lameness again, of the as it were broken and weak motion and eagerness which one might make upon each of the things to be done. Unless it is worthy to cry upon those thus damaged (Jeremiah 22:17) (Leviticus 21:18):