Patristic Quote of the Day

Caiaphas “tore his garments.” Unaware of his own madness, he deprived himself of priestly honor... You are oblivious to the command you read concerning high priests: “Do not let the hair of your heads hang loose, and do not rend your clothes” (Lev. 21:10) But you, who have now forfeited your dignity, are the very object of disgrace. And in token of the end of the old regulation, the same rending that rips your priestly attire will soon also tear apart the veil of the temple.—Pope St. Leo the Great, Sermon 44.2