Frolic with the devil…
Anyone who wishes to frolic with the devil cannot rejoice with Christ.
–Saint Peter Chrysologus (c. 380 – c. 450)
Christ is born…
Christ is born, so that by His birth He might restore your nature.
–Saint Peter Chrysologus (c. 380 – c. 450)
Today the Magi…
In choosing to be born for us, God chose to be known by us. He therefore reveals himself in this way, in order that this great sacrament of his love may not be an occasion for us of great misunderstanding. Today the Magi find, crying in a manger, the one they have followed as he shone in the sky. Today the Magi see clearly, in swaddling clothes, the one they have long awaited as he lay hidden among the stars. Today the Magi gaze in deep wonder at what they see: heaven on earth, earth in heaven, man in God, God in man, one whom the whole universe cannot contain now enclosed in a tiny body. As they look, they believe and do not question, as their symbolic gifts bear witness: incense for God, gold for a king, myrrh for one who is to die. So the Gentiles, who were the last, become the first: the faith of the Magi is the first fruits of the belief of the Gentiles.
–Saint Peter Chrysologus (c. 380 – c. 450)
Anger is overcome…
Anger is overcome by mildness, rage is extinguished by gentleness, cruelty is subverted by goodness.
–Saint Peter Chrysologus (c. 380 – c. 450)
Jesus is the…
[Jesus] is the Bread sown in the virgin, leavened in the Flesh, molded in His Passion, baked in the furnace of the Sepulchre, placed in the Churches, and set upon the Altars, which daily supplies Heavenly Food to the faithful.
–Saint Peter Chrysologus (c. 380-450)
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