Patristic Quote of the Day

The Lord compared his reign with a grain of mustard seed... Its inherent potency is heightened under stress and pressure. Therefore, after this grain is sown in the field—that is, when it has been seized by someone and delivered up to death as though buried in the field by the sowing of its body—it grows up to become larger than any herb and surpasses all the glory of the prophets.—St. Hilary of Poitiers on Matt 13:4.