Patristic Quote of the Day

We were justified, first by being set free from bonds and condemnation, in that He who had done no evil pleaded for us by dying on the cross. By this He paid the penalty for the sins which we had audaciously committed; then, because of that death, we were made friends of God and righteous. By His death the Saviour not only released us and reconciled us to the Father, but also "gave us power to become children of God," in that He both united our nature to Himself and united each of us to His own flesh by the power of the Mysteries. -- St. Nicholas Cabasilas, *The Life in Christ* pp. 53, 54