Patristic Quote of the Day

I have partaken of death in order to prepare thee as My bride. I have prepared the eternal kingdom for thee as an inheritance. All My good things have I, as the King, bestowed upon thee. For thy sake I even became a man, for I desired to redeem thy life from corruption. For thee have I prepared a bridal chamber in the heavens and arranged for the angels to lead thee into that bridal chamber, that thou mightest enter therein with joy.-- St. Ephraim, the Syrian *A Spiritual Psalter* #58