Patristic Quote of the Day

The vanity of the rich, who even in their graves cannot do without their riches, receives its condemnation from the simple and unassuming interment of the Lord. Hence indeed the custom of the church was derived, that the sacrifice of the altar should not be commemorated by wrapping the elements in silk, or any colored cloth, but in linen: as the body of the Lord was buried in clean fine linen.—The Venerable Bede, Exposition on the Gospel of Mark.