6 January 2024
But it is the will of God that Christ both did and taught. Humility in
dealings with others; steadfastness in faith; modesty in words; justice in
deeds; mercifulness in works; discipline in morals. To be unable to do a wrong,
and to be able to bear a wrong when it is done; to keep peace with the
brethren; to love God with all one’s heart; to love God because he is a Father
but fear him because he is God; to prefer nothing whatever to Christ because he
preferred nothing to us; to adhere inseparably to his love; to stand faithfully
and bravely by his cross; when there is any conflict over his name and honor,
to exhibit in discourse that steadfastness in which we proclaim him; in
torture, to show that confidence in which we unite; in death, that patience in
which we are crowned – this is what it means to want to be co-heirs with
Christ, this is what it means to do what God commands, this is what it is to
fulfill the will of the Father.
Saint Cyprian of Carthage
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