Let us return from that Table like lions breathing out fire, terrifying to the devil!
Saint John ChrysostomWhat is dying? Just what it is to put off a garment. For the body is about the soul as a garment; and after laying this aside for a short time by means of death, we shall resume it again with more splendor.
Saint John ChrysostomWhat prayer could be more true before God the Father than that which the Son, who is Truth, uttered with His own lips?
Saint John ChrysostomIf you say, "Would there were no wine" because of the drunkards, then you must say, going on by degrees, "Would there were no steel," because of the murderers, "Would there were no night," because of the thieves, "Would there were no light," because of the informers, and "Would there were no women," because of adultery.
Saint John Chrysostom