Patristic Quote for the Day

It is in the first month, which is April, that the power of the resurrection is revealed. In the words of Holy Scripture, 'This month...will be to you the first among the months of the year' (Ex. 12:21). This month will clothe the naked trees with the glory previously hidden within them. And so, too, will the bodies of the righteous be glorified through the ineffable light - the power of the Spirit - that is already present within them; and this will be to them clothing, food, drink, exultation, joy, peace, and crowning all, life eternal. - St. Makarios of Egypt, *Patient Endurance and Discrimination* par. 61