Patristic Quote for the Day

O man, is there anything in your life that rises that does not fall? Anything that falls that does not rise again? Day rises in the morning, late in the night it is buried, and again it rises in the morning. The sun is born each day, dies each day, and rises again each day. As the seasons pass, they perish; as they return, they come back to life. Therefore, O man, if you do not trust God, if you do not follow his Law, if you do not agree with what you hear, at least trust your eyes, and at least follow the elements which continually preach to you your resurrection. - St. Peter Chrysologus, Sermon 118, par. 8