Patristic Quote of the Day

Our fathers thought they should welcome the gift of evening light with something better than silence, so they gave thanks as soon as it appeared. We cannot say who composed these words of thanksgiving at the lighting of the lamps, but the people use these ancient words, and no one accuses them of blasphemy for singing "We praise Father, Son, and God's Holy Spirit."-- St. Basil the Great, On the Holy Spirit, par. 73.