The end of all things is near. From now onwards, then, we must bear ourselves with humility, and tremble at God's patience for fear it should turn into a judgment upon us. Let us either flee from His future wrath, or else embrace His present grace; no matter which, so long as we are found in Jesus Christ with our true life before us. Apart from Him, nothing else should have any value in your eyes; but in Him even these chains I wear are a collar of spiritual pearls to me, in which I hope to rise again through the help of your intercessions. - St. Ignatius of Antioch, *To the Ephesians* par. 11
19 July 2006
Patristic Quote for the Day
The end of all things is near. From now onwards, then, we must bear ourselves with humility, and tremble at God's patience for fear it should turn into a judgment upon us. Let us either flee from His future wrath, or else embrace His present grace; no matter which, so long as we are found in Jesus Christ with our true life before us. Apart from Him, nothing else should have any value in your eyes; but in Him even these chains I wear are a collar of spiritual pearls to me, in which I hope to rise again through the help of your intercessions. - St. Ignatius of Antioch, *To the Ephesians* par. 11
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