Patristic Quote of the Day

Thee have I angered, yet to Thee do I run, according to Thy great capacity to forget evil-doing.  Thee have I offended, yet to Thee do I run, according to Thy great love for mankind, and I entreat and cry to Thee:  Turn Thy face from my sins and blot out all mine iniquities.  Create a clean heart in me, O God, and renew a right spirit within me.  -- St. Ephraim the Syrian, A Spiritual Psalter, #146