Larry's World

6 January 2017

A Strange New Flood

Come then and see, this new and strange flood, greater and more

 powerful than that which occurred in the days of Noah. There the

water of the flood destroyed the human race; but here the water

of baptism, by the power of him who is baptized in it, has called

back the dead to life. There the dove carried the olive branch in its

beak, denoting the fragrance of the sweet-smelling savor of the Lord

Christ, but here the Holy Spirit, descending in the form of a dove,

reveals to us the presence of our merciful God.

                                                   Proclus, Patriarch of Constantinople