The Sun Penetrates Crystal And Makes It

You Can See That A City Is Prosperous By The Wealth Of Goods For Sale In The Market. Land Too We Call Prosperous If It Bears Rich Fruit. And So Also The Soul May Be Counted Prosperous If It Is Full Of Good Works Of Every Kind.

Reprimand And Rebuke Should Be Accepted As Healing Remedies For Vice And As Conducive To Good Health. From This It Is Clear That Those Who Pretend To Be Tolerant Because They Wish To Flatter---those Who Thus Fail To Correct Sinners---actually Cause Them To Suffer Supreme Loss And Plot The Destruction Of That Life Which Is Their True Life.

The Bread You Store Up Belongs To The Hungry; The Cloak That Lies In Your Chest Belongs To The Naked; The Gold You Have Hidden In The Ground Belongs To The Poor.

Indulging In Unrestrained And Immoderate Laughter Is A Sign Of Intemperance, Of A Want Of Control Over One's Emotions, And Of Failure To Repress The Soul's Frivolity By A Stern Use Of Reason.

Persecution Has Come Upon Us, Right Honorable Brethren, And Persecution In The Severest Form. Shepherds Are Persecuted That Their Flocks May Be Scattered. And The Worst Of All Is That Those Who Are Being Treated Ill Cannot Accept Their Sufferings In Proof Of Their Testimony, Nor Can The People Reverence The Athletes As In The Army Of Martyrs, Because The Name Of Christians Is Applied To The Persecutors. The One Charge Which Is Now Sure To Secure Severe Punishment Is The Careful Keeping Of The Traditions Of The Fathers.