Old Lutheran Quote of the Day

Wherefore, although this saintly Virgin is alone the mother of the child, we too belong under His rule and kingdom. Otherwise we should fare ill. All that is ours passes away and lasts but a short while. For what are forty years or fifty, or even a hundred? But with a man who belongs to an everlasting kingdom all is well, and it is fitting that he should dance through life forevermore. -- Blessed Martin Luther, Sermon 1544 (Day by Day, p. 16)