Patristic Quote of the Day

My point is that such has been God’s custom right from the start, to turn whatever plots the Devil contrives against us back onto that demon’s head and to set things in place for our salvation. Consider! He (the devil) expelled humankind from Paradise, and God opened up heaven to them. He drove them from governing on earth, and God gave them the kingdom of heaven, and set our nature firmly on the royal throne. In this way He always give more abundant blessings than the devil attempts to strip away.—St. John of Damascus, Homily on St. Romanus