marymajor's Advent Calendar: December 8

December 8


And let these thoughts be at all times as it were a melody in our hearts, in whatsoever tribulations, so that we may rise above grieving, and give praise unto God, Who arranges all things within all things for our benefit.

Thus we shall overcome all dangers and come to our imperishable crown, to which may we all alike attain, by the grace and mercy of Our Lord Jesus Christ, to Whom, with the Father and the Holy Spirit, be glory and empire and honor, now and for ever and ever, Amen.

- St. John Chrysostom