Monday, March 21, 2016

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.)