Patristic Quote of the Day

Great assurance has God given! Well may we celebrate the Passover, wherein was shed the blood of the Lord, by which we are cleansed "from all sin!" Let us be assured: the "handwriting which was against us," Colossians 2:14 the bond of our slavery, the devil held, but by the blood of Christ it is blotted out. "The blood," says he, "of His Son shall purge us from all sin." -- St. Augustine, Homilies on 1 John