6 December 2024
Yes, the priest stands at the altar, the priest stands there and makes a
long supplication, not in order that fire from heaven may consume the things
that lie to open view, but that grace, lighting on the Sacrifice, may thereby
in flame the souls of all, and show them brighter than silver purified in the
fire. Art thou ignorant that the soul of man could never bear this fire of the
Sacrifice, but that all would be utterly consumed, were not the aid of the
grace of God abundant? For if one would but consider how great a thing it is
for a mortal, and one still clothed with flesh and blood, to be enabled to be
nigh to that blessed and immortal nature, he would then see how great an honor
the grace of the Spirit has vouchsafed to priests.
St. John Chrysostom
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