Patristic Quote of the Day

Whenever the Lord speaks of future disaster, he always teaches its close relation with the happiness of redemption, so that when disasters suddenly come they do not terrify the apostles but may be borne by hearts that have premeditated them. If it saddens them that He is going to be killed, it ought to make them rejoice when He says, “On the third day He will arise again.”—St. Jerome on Matthew 17:22-23