The slave should be resigned to his lot, in obeying his master he is obeying God.
Saint John ChrysostomIf then we have Angels, let us be sober, as though we were in the presence of tutors; for there is a demon present also.
Saint John Chrysostom...there is nothing that has been created without some reason, even if human nature is incapable of knowing precisely the reason for them all.
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 ChrysostomIt is not the man who is responsible for the offerings as they become Christ's Body and Blood; it is Christ Himself who was crucified for us. The standing figure belongs to the priest who speaks these words. The power and the grace belong to God. 'This is My Body,' he says. And these words transform the offerings.
Saint John Chrysostom