Quote/s of the Day – 18 November – Feast of the Dedication of the Basilicas ofSts Peter and Paul
“The sepulchres of those,
who have served Christ Crucified,
surpass the palaces of kings,
not so much in the greatness and beauty of the buildings (although in this too, they go beyond them)
as in another thing of more importance,
namely, in the multitude of those who,
with devotion and joy, repair to them.
For the emperor himself, who is clothed in purple,
goes to the sepulchres of the Saints
and kisses them and, humbly prostrate on the ground, beseeches the same Saints to pray to God for him
and he, who wears a royal crown upon his head,
holds it, as a great favour of God
that a tent-maker and a fisherman
and these dead, should be his protectors and defenders
and this he begs with great earnestness.”
St John Chrysostom (347-407)
Father & Doctor of the Church
“We do not build Churches to Martyrs as to gods
but memories as to men, departed this life,
whose souls live with God.
Nor do we erect Altars to sacrifice on them
to the Martyr but to the God
of the Martyr and our God.”
St Augustine (354-430)
Father & Doctor of the Church
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