Quote of the Week

"It was necessary for us that God should take flesh and die so that we might have new life....Nothing can equal the miracle of my salvation; a few drops of blood redeem the whole universe!"

- Gregory of Nazianzus, also known as "Gregory the Theologian," a 4th-century church father and patriarch of Constantinople, one of the most important figures in the whole history of Christianity

(Painting: Detail from "La Descente de Croix," by a Stauffenberg master, 14th cent.)