06 March 2008

Patristic Quote of the Day

For He teaches us, that we must think humbly of ourselves, as being nothing, both as regards the nature of man and the readiness of our mind to fall away into sin, and as strengthened and being what we are only through Him and of Him. If, therefore, it is from Him that we borrow both our salvation, and our seeming to be something in virtue and piety, what reason have for proud thoughts? For all we have is from Him, and of ourselves we have nothing. -- St. Cyril of Alexandria, Homily 144 on Luke

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