11 April 2009

Patristic Quote of the Day

From today's reading in the Treasury:

But in Your resurrection You persuade men concerning Your birth. You were pure in the womb that was sealed and alive in the tomb that was sealed. The womb and the tomb, being sealed, were witnesses to You and to Your divinity.

The belly and hell cried aloud of Your birth and Your resurrection: The belly, which was sealed, conceived You. Hell, which was closed up, brought You forth. Nature did not cause either the belly to conceive You or hell to give You up!...Thus do they proclaim that You are of heaven. -- Ephraim Syrus

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