Patristic Quote of the Day

For if the type was a deliverance from such bondage, how much more will the truth set the world free and He will be delivered up for the benefit of our race. Wherefore, I would add, neither did He appoint the Sacrament before this, but only at the point at which the rites of the Law were to cease. Thus the very chief of the feasts, the Passover, He brings to an end. He removes the feasts to another most awe-inspiring table, and He says: “Take, eat. This is My body, which is broken for many.”—St. John Chrysostom, Homily 82 on St. Matthew